''The Young and the Guilty'' is a 1958 British
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...
directed by
Peter Cotes
Peter Cotes (19 March 1912 – 10 November 1998) was an English director, producer, actor, writer and production manager.
Cotes was born as Sydney Boulting in Maidenhead, Berkshire. His brothers John and Roy Boulting became noted film makers. ...
and starring
Phyllis Calvert
Phyllis Hannah Murray-Hill (née Bickle; 18 February 1915 – 8 October 2002), known professionally as Phyllis Calvert, was an English film, stage and television actress. She was one of the leading stars of the Gainsborough melodramas of the 1 ...
,
Andrew Ray
Andrew Ray (31 May 193920 August 2003) was an English actor who was best known as a child star.
Biography
He was born Andrew Olden (Ray was his father's stage name) in Southgate, Middlesex, the son of the radio comic Ted Ray and his wife, sh ...
and
Edward Chapman. The film's
art direction was by
Terence Verity.
Premise
Parents misconstrue the innocent nature of a teenage romance.
Cast
*
Phyllis Calvert
Phyllis Hannah Murray-Hill (née Bickle; 18 February 1915 – 8 October 2002), known professionally as Phyllis Calvert, was an English film, stage and television actress. She was one of the leading stars of the Gainsborough melodramas of the 1 ...
as Gladys Connor
*
Andrew Ray
Andrew Ray (31 May 193920 August 2003) was an English actor who was best known as a child star.
Biography
He was born Andrew Olden (Ray was his father's stage name) in Southgate, Middlesex, the son of the radio comic Ted Ray and his wife, sh ...
as Eddie Marshall
*
Edward Chapman as George Connor
*
Janet Munro
Janet Munro (born Janet Neilson Horsburgh; 28 September 1934 – 6 December 1972) was a British actress. She won a Golden Globe Award for her performance in the film ''Darby O'Gill and the Little People'' (1959) and received a BAFTA Film Awar ...
as Sue Connor
*
Campbell Singer
Campbell Singer (born Jacob Kobel Singer; 16 March 1909 – 16 February 1976) was a British character actor who featured in a number of stage, film and television roles during his long career. He was also a playwright and dramatist.
Life
He was ...
as Joe Marshall
*
Hilda Fenemore
Hilda Lilian Fenemore (22 April 1914 – 13 April 2004) was an English actress with a prolific career in film and television from the 1940s to the 1990s. Fenemore played mainly supporting roles which were characterised in her obituary in ''The ...
as Maude Marshall
*
Jean St. Clair as Mrs. Humbolt, Marshall's Neighbor
* Sonia Rees as Brenda, Sue's Friend
References
Bibliography
* Chibnall, Steve. ''J. Lee Thompson''. Manchester University Press, 2000.
External links
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1958 films
British drama films
British black-and-white films
1958 drama films
1950s English-language films
Films with screenplays by Ted Willis, Baron Willis
1950s British films
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