

The Young Stranger
DirectorJohn Frankenheimer
“Seventeen Isn't an Age...It's an Eternity”
The lack of communication between a wealthy film producer and his troubled teenage son after the boy is involved in an altercation at a movie theater leads to even more trouble.
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The Young Stranger (Original Theatrical Trailer)
Cast

James MacArthur
Hal Ditmar

Kim Hunter
Helen Ditmar

James Daly
Tom Ditmar

James Gregory
Sergeant Shipley

Whit Bissell
Grubbs
Jeffrey Silver
Jerry Doyle

Jack Mullaney
Confused Boy
Tom Pittman
Lynn Spears

Charles Davis
Detective
Leon Alton
Peter Kalish (uncredited)

Roxanne Arlen
Carhop (uncredited)
Mitzi Blake
Usherette (uncredited)
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