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Youth Runs Wild (DVD) (*)

$20.99

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
67 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1944 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Mark Robson

Written By:
John Fante
Herbert Kline

Actors:
Bonita Granville ..... 'Toddy' Jones
Kent Smith ..... Danny Coates
Jean Brooks ..... Mary Hauser Coates
Glen Vernon ..... Frank 'Frankie' Hauser
Vanessa Brown ..... Sarah Taylor
Ben Bard ..... Mr. Taylor
Mary Servoss ..... Mrs. Cora Hauser
Arthur Shields ..... Father of Frankie's Friend (scenes deleted)
Lawrence Tierney ..... Larry Duncan
Dickie Moore ..... Frankie's Friend (scenes deleted)
Johnny Walsh ..... Herb Vigero
Rod Rodgers ..... Rocky
Elizabeth Russell ..... Mrs. Mabel Taylor

Synopsis:

In this WW II-era drama set in a small town, most of the adults are so busy fighting the war or working in the local defense plant that they have little time to supervise their children. A sort of juvenile anarchy ensues with the children and teens doing whatever they please. Soon the town is falling into ruin as a boy is run down by a car thief, a runaway girl begins associating with thugs and other mayhem ensues. Fortunately, a returning soldier decides to open up a youth center to give the kids a place to go. He also helps the boys get some useful job training.

During WWII, adults are either off fighting or busy in the factories, so juvenile delinquency becomes a major problem back home. Danny Hauser, a wounded soldier, finds this out as he returns and three young boys are promptly placed in the care of him and his wife by the court after some hooliganism. How to keep them straight?

Child neglect on the American home front during World War II. Because many defense plants operated 24 hours per day, and because of a labor shortage, workers often had no one available at home to supervise the children. Issues from day care to delinquency are sympathetically addressed.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 31 March, 2011.

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