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The Young Stranger

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The Young Stranger
Directed byJohn Frankenheimer
Screenplay byRobert Dozier
Produced byStuart Millar
StarringJames MacArthur
CinematographyRobert H. Planck
Edited byEdward A. Biery (as Edward Biery Jr.), Robert Swink
Distributed byRKO Teleradio Pictures
Release date
  • 1957 (1957)
Running time
84 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Young Stranger (1957) is a drama film which is also the first film directed by John Frankenheimer.

Plot

Teenage Hal Ditmar, the son of a wealthy movie producer, gets into an argument in a theater, which ends with Hal hitting the theater manager. Neither the police nor Hal's father believe his claim that he acted in self-defense.