522 - TEEN-AGE CRIME WAVE
(November 1955; NR; 77m)

a.k.a. TEENAGE CRIME WAVE (variation)

Ad: "Cool Kid on a Hot Car!"
Ad: "Stolen cars, stolen guns, stolen thrills!"
Ad: "The Shocking Drama of Today's Teenage Terror!"

Ad: "Out of the Sidewalk Jungle...
the Terrifying Story of our Teenagers Gone Wrong!"

Ad: "CRIME OF OUR TIMES! Over 25% of the crimes committed in the country are perpetrated by teenagers...Only an aroused public can get an end to this. We hope this picture will open your eyes."

Plot: Delinquent teens on the run hold a farm family hostage.

Prod: Sam Katzman (105-The Corpse Vanishes; Harum Scarum)
Dir: Fred F. Sears (The Giant Claw; Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers)
Asst Dir: Eddie Saeta (Creature with the Atom Brain; The Interns)
Scr: Harry Essex (Creature from the Black Lagoon)
Scr/Sto: Ray Buffum (scr/The Brain from Planet Arous)
Cin: Harry Freulich (Jungle Man-Eaters; Charge of the Lancers)
Ed: Jerome Thoms (Forbidden Island; Oscar nom/Pal Joey)
Opt SFX: Jack Erickson (sfx/Creature with the Atom Brain)
ADir: Paul Palmentola (507-I Accuse My Parents; The Giant Claw)
Set: Sidney Clifford (The Giant Claw; Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers)
Score: Mischa Bakaleinikoff (Earth Vs. the Flying Saucers)

Mike Denton / Tommy Cook (Missile to the Moon; Jungle Girls)
Terry Marsh / Mollie McCart (Daughter of Dr. Jekyll; Dino)
Jane Koberly / Sue England (Funny Face; This Love of Ours)
Tom Grant / James Bell (The Tin Star; Strategic Air Command)
Sarah Grant / Kay Riehl (The Red Menace; The Star)
Ben Grant / Frank Griffin (Fort Savage Raiders; Dangerous Mission)
Al / James Ogg (Crime in the Streets; I'll Cry Tomorrow)
Mr. Koberly / Guy Kingsford (That Hamilton Woman)
Sergeant Connors / Larry Blake (517-Beginning of the End)
Patrolman Smith / Robert Bice (602-Invasion USA; Foxfire)
man in bar / George Cisar (406-Attack of the Giant Leeches)
Mrs. Koberly / Helen Brown (Shane; Arctic Manhunt; Molly)
judge / Doris Packer (TV's Beverly Hillbillies; Dobie Gillis)
matron Agnes Hardy / Kathleen Mulqueen (Japanese War Bride)
Bill Salisbury / Sydney Mason (801-Revenge of the Creature)

Trivia: Just like in 319-WAR OF THE COLOSSAL BEAST, this movie's
climactic end happened at L.A.'s Griffith Observatory--quite a remarkable jump considering that the rest of the film supposedly takes place in the Midwest.

Last Updated: 6/25/1999