The Young Stranger (1957)
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Directors
John Frankenheimer
Cast
James MacArthur, Kim Hunter, James Daly, James Gregory, Whit Bissell
The story
Teenage Hal Ditmar is the son of Helen, and a wealthy film producer, Tom Ditmar. Hal lives with his mother and father in Beverly Hills yet has a sullen, smart-aleck outlook on life. Hal gets into an argument in a movie theater, which ends with Hal hitting the theater manager.
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Drama, drama film
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