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RUNTIME
Did you know
Tight 60-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
MoodPlayr · trivia#01
Flame of Youth
1949 1h 0m EN
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10.0
MASTERPIECE
★10.0TMDB · 1
Drama
Synopsis
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Outside the Wolf Club, wayward high school student Geraldine “Jerry” Briggs waits in the parking lot, while her partner in crime, Al, steals hubcaps from parked cars. When a patron named Steve Miller notices his hubcaps missing, he phones the police, and Jerry is apprehended.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Ray McDonald
Bill Crawford
Danni Sue Nolan
Geraldine "Jerry" Briggs
Tony Barrett
Deke Edwards
Carol Brannon
Catherine Briggs
Anita Carrell
Barb Spranklin
Michael Carr
Ceciro Coletti
Don Beddoe
George Briggs
Denver Pyle
Lytz
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- R.G. Springsteen
- Writers
- Albert DeMond, Robert Libott, Frank Burt
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
R.G. Springsteen directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 60-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 277 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Ray McDonald and Danni Sue Nolan and Tony Barrett carry the top of the cast.
- 5IMDB entry: tt0041371 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 6Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 60 min · 1h 0m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
Also by
R.G. Springsteen
Production companies
Who made it
Republic Pictures
US
Key crew
Release history · US
When it landed
- Premiere1949-09-22
