Cautionary Tales Of Yesteryear!
Sex! Drugs! STDs! Juvenile delinquents! Nuclear holocaust! Etc.! A collection of those preachy, teach-y movies that try to show the eeevils all around us, and what happens when the warnings are not heeded! Absurd, inane, and mostly hilarious, these movies must be witnessed! Some, are surprisingly good!...
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- DirectorElmer CliftonStarsLuana WaltersArthur GardnerDorothy ShortA high-school girl gets involved with a ring of teenage marijuana smokers and starts down the road to ruin. A reporter poses as a soda jerk to infiltrate the gang of teen dope fiends.
- DirectorDorothy DavenportMelville ShyerStarsHelen FosterNell O'DayGlen BolesA young girl gets involved with a crowd that smokes marijuana, drinks and has sex. She winds up an alcoholic, pregnant drug addict and is forced to get an abortion.
- DirectorLouis J. GasnierStarsDorothy ShortKenneth CraigLillian MilesCautionary tale that features a fictionalized take on marijuana use. A trio of drug dealers lead innocent teenagers to become addicted to "reefer" cigarettes by holding wild parties with jazz music.
- DirectorRalph NelsonStarsPhyllis ThaxterRobert KeithWalter MatthauA family living 50 miles away try to flee from the fallout of an atomic bomb that fell on New York City.
- DirectorAlfred E. GreenStarsGerald MohrPeggie CastleDan O'HerlihyA group of people at a bar witness the unfolding events of a Soviet invasion of the USA.
- DirectorCharles EdwardsIrvin S. Yeaworth Jr.StarsNoel ReyburnEthel BarrettJerry FranksA small town boy heads for the lights of the big city and discovers the delights of hard liquor and fast women. Ere long, he becomes an addict, a dope peddler and a shop-lifter to obtain money for drugs.
- DirectorDwain EsperStarsVivian McGillRose TapleyAl RigaliThis exploitation film belongs to the social guidance genre of quasi-documentary narratives, which exhort young adults to follow particular moral and social prescriptions related to sexuality and drug use.
- DirectorWilliam MartinStarsPatty McCormackRichard MeadeDouglas RutherfordA young delinquent is sent to prison for a statutory rape.
- StarsTarry GreenTeenager Mary has strong physical yearnings for her boyfriend, so she asks her mother for advice on what she should do about said carnal cravings.
- The short film reflects on young genders when back in the 50s social courting was considered sexual and led up to dating and intimacy.
- DirectorBoris PetroffStarsRonnie BurnsPamela LincolnDarrell HoweThe crazed brother of a condemned killer sent to the gas chamber swears vengeance on those he holds responsible for his brother's execution.
- DirectorSande N. JohnsenStarsDiane ContiLinda GaleEileen DietzA girl from Manhattan moves into a neighborhood that is the turf of the Rebels, a female teenage gang. She quickly rises to the top of the gang and sets her sights on the leader of the neighborhood tough guys.
- DirectorEdgar G. UlmerStarsDiane SinclairLyman WilliamsGeorge IrvingAn extramarital affair leads to a young couple contracting venereal disease.
- DirectorRobert C. DertanoStarsJoanne ArnoldTimothy FarrellHarry KeatonA sleazy gangster has a gang of young girls commit robberies and prostitution for him by getting them hooked on drugs.
- DirectorPaul WendkosStarsAnthony GearyJudith LightMark HarmonDoctor Kyle Richards takes a job managing an office in the Hamptons where herpes runs rampant. He is frustrated by the community's denial and decides to go public with the epidemic to raise public awareness about the problem.
- DirectorWilliam A. O'ConnorStarsLois JanuaryNoel MadisonSheila BromleyA drug dealer on the run from the law meets an innocent young girl and her brother and turns them into "cocaine fiends."
- DirectorDavid E. DurstonStarsPhilip Michael ThomasHarlan Cary PoeJosie JohnsonA knowledgeable doctor, (Philip Michael Thomas) moves to a secluded community and soon discovers a deadly virus changing the town's young people. What is more disturbing, is the conspiracy to protect this epidemic when he tries cure it.
- DirectorAlbert H. KelleyStarsJoseph CrehanMarcia Mae JonesJean FenwickNaive small-town girl gets pregnant on her prom night, and winds up in the clutches of the local abortionist.
- DirectorWilliam WitneyStarsCorey AllenRebecca WellesRichard BakalyanA planned kidnapping goes awry when the gang leader falls for the victim.
- DirectorBernard GirardStarsConnie StevensBobby DriscollMark DamonAn unruly teenage gang led by Mark Damon gets their kicks by crashing square teen parties around town. At an innocent teen gathering, Damon charms rich spoiled brat Connie Stevens into accompanying him to a motel party and she drags along her decent young date (ex-child star Bobby Driscoll). While there, Damon discovers his alcoholic mother (Doris Dowling), who falls down a flight of stairs while struggling to get away from her son. Along the way, the kids' parents provide the viewer with insight about their children's troubled lives. The final film of both Farmer and Driscoll before they moved to television work.
- DirectorWilliam F. ClaxtonStarsLili GentleMark DamonEdward BinnsTommy Price (Mark Damon) is the leader of a gang of young thugs interested in thrills, hot rods, and girls. His friends bet him he can't make it with 17-year-old Rosemary Clinton (Lili Gentle). Their date turns out badly and her parents (Dabbs Greer, Ann Doran) forbid her to see him again. They keep meeting, and the relationship changes him to the extent that he plans to go to college and change his life, which delights his parents (Eddie Binns, Frances Mercer).
- DirectorIrvin KershnerStarsSteven MarloLuana PattenTom SeldenGripping melodrama about newlyweds involved with a psychopathic killer who holds them captive.
- DirectorCharles LedererStarsJoan EvansMelvyn DouglasLynn BariShunned by her self-absorbed parents, a teenage girl's need for love and attention drives her to delinquency and a suicide attempt - an act that finally brings her parents to their senses.
- DirectorEdward BerndsStarsYvonne LimeBrett HalseyJana LundA good girl is forced to join a dangerous all-girl high school gang, and only her waiter boyfriend and a caring female teacher can possibly help her before it may become too late.
- DirectorWilliam WitneyStarsGene EvansScott MarloweCarolyn KearneyCrime drama about juvenile delinquency, society's view of it and law enforcement's response to it in 1950s America.