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Dangerous Youth

Original title: These Dangerous Years
  • 1957
  • 1h 38m
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
123
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Dangerous Youth (1957)
CrimeDramaMusical

Just after a young singer comes out with his first hit record, he is drafted into the Army.Just after a young singer comes out with his first hit record, he is drafted into the Army.Just after a young singer comes out with his first hit record, he is drafted into the Army.

  • Director
    • Herbert Wilcox
  • Writer
    • Jack Trevor Story
  • Stars
    • George Baker
    • Frankie Vaughan
    • Carole Lesley
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    5.7/10
    123
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Herbert Wilcox
    • Writer
      • Jack Trevor Story
    • Stars
      • George Baker
      • Frankie Vaughan
      • Carole Lesley
    • 8User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
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    George Baker
    George Baker
    • Padre
    Frankie Vaughan
    Frankie Vaughan
    • Dave Wyman
    Carole Lesley
    Carole Lesley
    • Dinah Brown
    Jocelyn Lane
    Jocelyn Lane
    • Maureen
    • (as Jackie Lane)
    Katherine Kath
    • Mrs. Wyman
    Thora Hird
    Thora Hird
    • Mrs. Larkin
    Eddie Byrne
    Eddie Byrne
    • Danny
    Kenneth Cope
    Kenneth Cope
    • Juggler
    Robert Desmond
    Robert Desmond
    • Cream O'Casey
    Ray Jackson
    • Smiler Larkin
    Richard Leech
    Richard Leech
    • Capt. Brewster
    John Le Mesurier
    John Le Mesurier
    • Commanding Officer
    David Lodge
    David Lodge
    • Sgt. Lockwood
    Michael Ripper
    • Pvt. Simpson
    Reginald Beckwith
    Reginald Beckwith
    • Hairdresser
    Martin Boddey
    Martin Boddey
    • Police Sergeant
    John Breslin
    John Breslin
    • Badger
    Victor Brooks
    • Lorry Driver
    • Director
      • Herbert Wilcox
    • Writer
      • Jack Trevor Story
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    7ib011f9545i

    my mission to watch old British films sometimes disappoints.

    I love watching old films,especially old British films.they show our cities as they were and it is fun to see star actors in their early years. Sometimes the films are good and it is great to find an undiscovered classic.

    But I hate to agree with the only other review here of this film. It is interesting in locations and actors but is not great as a film. This is a Liverpool set kitchen sink sort of drama. I give no plot spoilers but it is fairly predictable.

    The cast is interesting,Frankie Vaughan is the star,he is handsome but his musical numbers feel dated . Carole Lesley is the female lead,she is beautiful but I don't recall seeing her in anything else. It is Liverpool set but don't expect strong regional accents in 1957.
    3petshel-910-45303

    Interesting 1957 film. Mildly interesting.

    This is the first time that I have watched this obscure 1957 film. Most of the National Service conscripts appear far too old for the 18+ years they would have been, I know because I was a National Service sapper from 1954 to 1956. However, the uniforms are correct. Anna Neagle as producer has done a poor job of this Liverpool-based drama. There are lots of well-known British actors that must have been short of work at the time to accept roles in this film. The continuity is weak. Frankie Vaughan's acting is awful. I wouldn't want to watch it again, despite a nice view of the 1957 Ford Consul and the beautiful, but tragic, Carole Lesley.
    4malcolmgsw

    Film can't overcome liability of leads who can't act

    I saw Frankie Vaughn in 42nd Street and he was great.Sadly when it came to films ou he couldn't act his way outt of a paper bag.The tragic Carole Lesley was beautiful but had no acting talent so couldn't sustain her career.The script is full of cliches.Wilcox and Neagle have lost touch with their core audience.As a result the film is of no real interest.
    1richardchatten

    Frankie Goes to Elstree

    Supposedly about delinquent youth from Liverpool (not that you'd know from the accents) and produced by Anna Neagle (who didn't actually submit to the indignity of appearing in it).

    Although Vaughan's enormous popularity as a singer incredibly made this "a great success" in it's day according to Dame Anna, this grisly attempt to make a British Elvis out of nice young Frankie Vaughan - despite superb photography by Gordon Dines - is as unwatchable today as Herbert Wilcox's previous films with Errol Flynn.
    7brian-85466

    A fun film, Not A National Service Recrutment Advert

    Why is everyone attacking Anna Neagle, yes her production company made it, which means Anna signed the cheques, the film is written by Jack Trevor Story, who in all honesty is a better novelist than screen writer, and Herbert Wilcox directed the film, and the film isn't as bad as the reviews here, if you wanted to see an information film on Britains National Service then watch one, but this is a film made for entertainment, and it does just that. Frankie Vaughan was a singer, not a trained actor, so yes he struggled with the dialogue sometimes or what to do with his hands, but please don't attack him or the other performers, they don't deserve it.

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    • Trivia
      David McCallum's feature film debut.
    • Quotes

      Maureen: [singing the chorus of "These Dangerous Years" and dancing around her room] his voice, so... ., sounds like nicotine.

      Dinah Brown: [replies sharply] Well I'd like to give him a gobstopper.

    • Connections
      Featured in Chasing Rainbows - A Nation and Its Music: Outsiders? Music on the Margins (1986)
    • Soundtracks
      These Dangerous Years
      Written by Richard Mullan and Bert Waller

      Sung by Frankie Vaughan

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    • Release date
      • June 7, 1958 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Es begann, als sie nein sagte
    • Filming locations
      • Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
    • Production company
      • Everest Pictures Ltd.
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 38 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White

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