''Under Age'' is a 1964 black-and-white film written and directed by

Larry Buchanan Larry Buchanan (January 31, 1923 − December 2, 2004), born Marcus Larry Seale Jr., was a film director, producer and writer, who proclaimed himself a " schlockmeister". Many of his extremely low-budget films have landed on "worst movie" lists or ...

and starring Annabelle Weenick, Judy Adler and Roland Royter. The film was shot in

Dallas, Texas Dallas () is the third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people. It is the largest city in and seat of Dallas County w ...

Plot

A woman from Dallas goes on trial, charged with encouraging her 14-year-old daughter to have sex with a 16-year-old Mexican boy.Riera, Emilio Garcia
México visto por el cine extranjero, Volume 4
p. 176 (1988)Under Age (short review)
''

Psychotronic Video ''Psychotronic Video'' was a film magazine founded by publisher/editor Michael J. Weldon in 1980 in New York City, covering what he dubbed "psychotronic movies", which he defined as "the ones traditionally ignored or ridiculed by mainstream critics ...

'', Summer 1994, Issue 18, p. 59

Cast

Annabelle Weenick Annabel or Annabelle may refer to: Arts and media * ''Annabel'' (Baum novel), a 1906 novel by L. Frank Baum * ''Annabel'' (Winter novel), a 2010 novel by Kathleen Winter * "Annabel", a song by Maria Dimitriadi from the film '' Girls in the Sun ...

as Ruby Jenkins (as Anne McAdams) * Judy Adler as Linda Jenkins * Roland Royter as George Gomez * George R. Russell as D.A. Tyler *

John Hicks Sir John Richards Hicks (8 April 1904 – 20 May 1989) was a British economist. He is considered one of the most important and influential economists of the twentieth century. The most familiar of his many contributions in the field of economic ...

as Prosecutor Adkins * George Edgley as The Judge * Tommie Russell as Mrs. Sybel Riley * Regina Cassidy as Dr. Vivian Scott *

Patrick Cranshaw Joseph Patrick Cranshaw (June 17, 1919 – December 28, 2005) was an American character actor known for his distinctive look and deadpan humor. He is best known for one of his last roles, that of Joseph "Blue" Pulaski, a fraternity brother, i ...

as W.J. Earnhardt (as Joseph Patrick Cranshaw) * Raymond Bradford as Wilbur Neal * Jonathan Ledford as Barney Jenkins * Howard Ware as Bailiff * Joreta C. Cherry as Court Reporter * Robert B. Alcott as Assistant District Attorney (as Robert Alcott) * Bill Peck as News Photographer (as William Peck)

Production

''Under Age'' was produced by

American International Pictures American International Pictures (AIP) is an American motion picture production label of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. In its original operating period, AIP was an independent film production and distribution company known for producing and releasing fi ...

(AIP). Following the success of Buchanan's previous courtroom drama ''

Free, White and 21 ''Free, White and 21'' is a 1963 movie by self-proclaimed "schlockmeister" director Larry Buchanan. It was based on the true story of the controversial trial of a black man accused of raping a white woman in Dallas, Texas in the 1960s. The title ...

'', AIP co-founder

Samuel Z. Arkoff Samuel Zachary Arkoff (June 12, 1918 – September 16, 2001) was an American producer of B movies. Life and career Arkoff was born in Fort Dodge, Iowa, to Russian Jewish parents. He was the son of Helen (Lurie) and Louis Arkoff, who ran his ...

encouraged the filmmakers to create a similar film specifically targeted at young people. The plot was based on a real-life court case in which a woman, Wanda Duckworth, was found guilty of

rape Rape is a type of sexual assault usually involving sexual intercourse or other forms of sexual penetration carried out against a person without their consent. The act may be carried out by physical force, coercion, abuse of authority, or ag ...

and jailed for encouraging her 15-year-old daughter to have sex with a 17-year-old male. A number of actors from ''Free, White and 21'' returned for this film, playing the same characters.Craig, Rob
American International Pictures
pp. 387-88 (2019)

Reception

''Under Age'' was given a minor release by AIP. When the film did poorly in theaters, Buchanan said he would never again do a "courtroom picture," though due to current events he soon made '' The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald''.

References

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* Films originally rejected by the British Board of Film Classification 1964 films American black-and-white films American International Pictures films 1964 drama films American drama films Films directed by Larry Buchanan 1960s English-language films 1960s American films English-language drama films {{1960s-drama-film-stub