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Cast

*Anne Neyland as Terry Lindsay * Steve Terrell as Randy * John Ashley as Nick Rogers *

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Production

The film was announced in March 1957. Lance Fuller was going to star. Filming was held up when star John Ashley was drafted into the army. It was shot during two weeks when he was on leave after basic training.Mark McGee, ''Faster and Furiouser: The Revised and Fattened Fable of American International Pictures'', McFarland, 1996 p133 The cast also included former

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Reception

The ''Los Angeles Times'' called it "commendably free of unhealthy sensationalism... tells its unpretentious little moral simply enough." The ''Monthly Film Bulletin'' said the film "without being positively vicious... has its fair share of violence and unpleasantness." ''Diabolique'' magazine claimed Ashley gave the best performance.

Legacy

Film director John Carpenter listed the movie as one of his guilty pleasures. "Good guy teen Steve Terrell vs. cool bad guy teen John Ashley on motorcycles. Anne Neyland has some trouble deciding between them. Carl (Alfalfa) Switzer is the comic relief. Russ Bender tries to help testosterone-fueled teens go straight and narrow. Very cool."

Theme Comparison

1950's motorcycle gang interest, showing the same influence of female gentleness upon aimless, male youth, may further be studied in '' The Wild One''.

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