''College Confidential'' is a 1960 American B-movie drama directed by

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and starring

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and Mamie Van Doren.

Plot

Sociology professor Steve McInter conducts a survey at Collins College about the lifestyles and sexual urges of the younger generation. One of his students, Sally Blake, excels with the survey and may be having an affair with the professor. Reporter Betty Ducayne receives an anonymous tip that Steve is corrupting the youth and she discovers the dark past that he had fled.

Cast

as Steve McInter *

as Betty Ducayne * Mamie Van Doren as Sally Blake *

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as Deputy Sheriff *

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as Sam Grover * Cathy Crosby as Fay Grover * Herbert Marshall as Professor Henry Addison * Conway Twitty as Marvin *

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as Phil * Pamela Mason as Edna Blake * Elisha Cook, Jr. as Ted Blake *Theona Bryant as Lois Addison

Production

The film was an unofficial follow-up to '' High School Confidential'' from two years prior, although made for a different studio. Director Joe Dante, who spoofed said follow-up on the 1979 Ramones vehicle ''

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References

External links

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at Film Fanatic {{DEFAULTSORT:College Confidential (Film) 1960 films 1960 drama films American drama films 1960s English-language films Films set in universities and colleges Universal Pictures films Films scored by Dean Elliott Films directed by Albert Zugsmith 1960s American films