Youth Gone Wild: 1950s Juvenile Delinquency (1955 - 1958) Limited Edition Hardbox (Australian Import) [Blu-ray]

Youth Gone Wild: 1950s Juvenile Delinquency (1955 - 1958) LE Hardbox Blu-ray collects four 1950s teen crime and juvenile delinquency films in a limited edition Imprint hardbox set. Featuring Live Fast, Die Young, Juvenile Jungle, Young and Wild and Teenage Crime Wave, this collection brings together stories of rebellious youth, crime, runaways, stolen cars, gangs and social panic from the height of the teen exploitation cycle.

Presented on Blu-ray for the first time worldwide, these four films capture a distinctive era of American genre filmmaking, where post-war anxiety, youth culture and crime melodrama collided on screen. Directed by Paul Henreid, William Witney and Fred F. Sears, the collection includes new commentaries, video essays, featurettes, trailers and a hardback booklet exploring the origins of America’s 1950s juvenile delinquent cinema.

FILMS INCLUDED

LIVE FAST, DIE YOUNG

Mary Murphy and Norma Eberhardt star in Paul Henreid’s 1958 drama about a rebellious young woman who leaves her troubled home behind, with her sister following in pursuit as danger and temptation close in.

JUVENILE JUNGLE

William Witney directs this 1958 teen crime film about a gang whose kidnapping scheme becomes complicated when the ringleader develops feelings for the hostage.

YOUNG AND WILD

A stolen-car joyride leads to deadly consequences in this 1958 juvenile delinquency drama from director William Witney, as three young offenders try to escape responsibility by threatening the witnesses.

TEENAGE CRIME WAVE

Fred F. Sears directs this 1955 crime drama about a young woman falsely convicted of robbery who becomes unwillingly pulled into a dangerous escape with two other fugitives.

directed by: Paul Henreid, William Witney, Fred F. Sears
starring: Mary Murphy, Norma Eberhardt, Corey Allen, Richard Bakalyan, Rebecca Welles, Anne Whitfield, Gene Evans, Carolyn Kearney, Robert Arthur, Tom Gilson
1955–1958 / English LPCM 2.0 Dual Mono / 4-Disc Region Free Blu-ray LE Hardbox