''The Young Don't Cry'' is a 1957 American

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directed by Alfred L. Werker and starring

Sal Mineo Salvatore Mineo Jr. (January 10, 1939 – February 12, 1976) was an American actor, singer, and director. He is best known for his role as John "Plato" Crawford in the drama film '' Rebel Without a Cause'' (1955), which earned him a nomination ...

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and J. Carrol Naish.Frascella & Weisel p.290

Plot

An all-boys orphanage is not far from a prison camp near a swamp. Leslie Henderson, a teen boy, gets to know one of the convicts, Rudy Krist, who saved Les's life from a rattlesnake. Les stands up for a defenseless boy when bully Tom Bradley makes fun of a boat the boy made. Les is punished at the orphanage by a week of his summer vacation being taken away. Successful businessman Max Cole mocks boys like Les who look out for anybody but themselves. At the prison, Rudy and his inmate friend Doosy are treated inhumanely by a brutal warden, Plug. Les decides to let Rudy know where the boat is, in case it can help him escape. When he sees Rudy flee in one direction, Doosy runs the other way, but is hunted down by prison dogs and killed. Rudy vows revenge but he, too, ends up dead. Cole feels sorry for Les and offers him a job, but Les has other plans for how to spend the rest of his life.

Cast

as Leslie Henderson *

as Rudy Krist * J. Carrol Naish as Plug * Gene Lyons as Max Cole * Paul Carr as Tom Bradley * Thomas A. Carlin as Johnny Clancy *

Leigh Whipper Leigh Rollin Whipper (October 29, 1876 – July 26, 1975) was an American actor on the stage and in motion pictures. He was the first African American to join the Actors' Equity Association, and one of the founders of the Negro Actors Guild of ...

as Doosy *

Stefan Gierasch Stefan Gierasch (February 5, 1926 – September 6, 2014) was an American film and television actor. Career Gierasch made over 100 screen appearances, mostly in American television, beginning in 1951. In the mid-1960s, he performed with the Trin ...

as Billy * Victor Throley as Whittaker * Dolores Rosedale as Mrs. Maureen Cole * James Reese as Mr. Gwinn *

Ruth Attaway Ruth Attaway (June 28, 1910 – September 21, 1987) was an American film and stage actress. Among the films she appeared in are ''Raintree County (film), Raintree County'' (1957), ''Porgy and Bess (film), Porgy and Bess'' (1959) and ''Being The ...

as Philomena * Leland Mayforth as Allan * Richard Wigginton as Jimmy * Stanley Martin as Stanley Brown * Phillips Hamilton as Whigs * Victor Johnson as Hardhead * Joseph Killorin as Solomon * Josephine Smith as Mrs. Gwinn

References

Bibliography

* Lawrence Frascella & Al Weisel. ''Live Fast, Die Young: The Wild Ride of Making Rebel Without a Cause''. Simon and Schuster, 2005.

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* 1957 films 1957 drama films American black-and-white films American drama films American prison films Columbia Pictures films 1950s English-language films Films about orphans Films directed by Alfred L. Werker Films scored by George Antheil Films set in Georgia (U.S. state) Films shot in Georgia (U.S. state) Films shot in Savannah, Georgia 1950s American films {{1950s-drama-film-stub

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