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The Careless Years

⭐️ 3.5 | 70 min | Drama , Romance | September 2nd, 1957

A high school girl from a wealthy family falls for a fellow student from a poor family. Both families disapprove, and, unable to stand the pressure, the couple quit school and flee to Mexico.

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Crew

Directors

> Arthur Hiller (Director)
> Sam Leavitt (Director of Photography)
> John Burch (Assistant Director)

Writers

> John Howard Lawson (Screenplay)
> Mitch Lindemann (Screenplay)

Cast

Dean Stockwell

Dean Stockwell

Natalie Trundy

Natalie Trundy

Emily 'Miley' Meredith

John Larch

John Larch

Barbara Billingsley

Barbara Billingsley

John Stephenson

John Stephenson

Charles Meredith

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Maureen Cassidy

Mason Alan Dinehart

Mason Alan Dinehart

Bob Williams (as Alan Dinehart III)

Virginia Christine

Virginia Christine

Robert Hyatt

Robert Hyatt

Biff Vernon (as Bobby Hyatt)

Hugh Sanders

Hugh Sanders

Claire Carleton

Claire Carleton

Aunt Martha (uncredited)

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