High School Confidential (film)
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| Directed by | Jack Arnold |
| Produced by | Albert Zugsmith |
| Written by |
Robert Blees Lewis Meltzer |
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Mamie Van Doren Russ Tamblyn Jan Sterling John Drew Jackie Coogan Jerry Lee Lewis |
| Music by | Albert Glasser |
| Cinematography | Harold J. Marzorati |
| Edited by | Ben Lewis |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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85 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $532,000 |
| Box office | $1,915,000 |
High School Confidential is a 1958 crime drama film directed by Jack Arnold, starring Mamie Van Doren, Russ Tamblyn, Jan Sterling, John Drew, Jackie Coogan, and Michael Landon.
The film also features a cameo by Jerry Lee Lewis who opens the movie singing a song of the same name, which Lewis co-wrote with Ron Hargrave. Lewis released the title track as a Sun Records 45 single which became a Top 40 hit, reaching #21 in the Billboard charts. The film is listed in Golden Raspberry Award founder John Wilson's book The Official Razzie Movie Guide as one of The 100 Most Enjoyably Bad Movies Ever Made.
According to MGM records the film earned $1,290,000 in the US and Canada and $625,000 elsewhere, resulting in a profit of $578,000. However, the follow up films Zugsmith made for the studio, including The Beat Generation and Platinum High School, lost money.
This film is sampled on White Zombie's album La Sexorcisto: Devil Music, Vol. 1 on four separate occasions. The "Do you want to start a rumble?" conversation, the "Drop it, buster!" line, the "tomorrow's a drag" poem, and the Columbus speech ("the only thing square about this world...").
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