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Rebel Without a Cause (1955) Nicholas Ray, James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo
Jim Stark is the new kid in town. He has been in trouble elsewhere Read More »
Rock, Pretty Baby (1956) Richard Bartlett, Sal Mineo, John Saxon, Luana Patten
Jimmy Daley and Angelo Barrato are teenage members of a band who learn of a contest that they believe will bring them fame. Read More »
Escape from Zahrain (1962) Ronald Neame, Yul Brynner, Sal Mineo, Jack Warden
During the 1960s, in a fictitious strife-ridden Arab nation, captured revolutionary nationalist leader Sharif is being transported to a prison for execution. Read More »
Dino (1957) Thomas Carr, Sal Mineo, Brian Keith, Susan Kohner
A rebellious young man, just released from reform school, returns home only to come into conflict with his father. Read More »
Tonka AKA A Horse Named Comanche (1958) Lewis R. Foster, Sal Mineo, Philip Carey, Jerome Courtland
In Dakota territory in the 1870s, White Bull, a young Sioux, proves his manhood by catching and training a wild colt he names Tonka. Read More »
Who Killed Teddy Bear (1965) Joseph Cates, Sal Mineo, Juliet Prowse, Jan Murray
A busboy at a disco has sexual problems related to events in his childhood. Read More »
A Private’s Affair (1959) Raoul Walsh, Sal Mineo, Christine Carère, Barry Coe, Comedy, Music
Crime in the Streets (1956) Don Siegel, John Cassavetes, Sal Mineo, James Whitmore, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
On a city’s mean streets, the boys join gangs at 15. Frankie leads the Hornets: he’s 18, seething, coiled. When a neighbor goes to the cops after seeing one of the Hornets with a zip gun, Frankie vows to kill the old guy, hatching a plan using Lou, who smiles and smokes, and “Baby,” the 15-year-old son of an immigrant shopkeeper. Ben Wagner, the social worker at a neighborhood settlement house, gets wind of the plan and tries to break through to Frankie. Frankie’s brother Richie, who’s about 12, worships and fears Frankie; he also figures out what his brother is up to. Is Frankie doomed to crash and burn at 18?
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