Young and Wild

1958

69 Min

Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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DIR William Witney

CAST Gene Evans, Scott Marlowe, Carolyn Kearney, Robert Arthur, Weston Gavin, Tom Gilson, Ken Lynch, Emlen Davies, Morris Ankrum, Wendell Holmes

Synopsis

Fortunate to survive a rampage by joyriding teenagers that leaves a trail of death in Southern California, young couple Valerie (Carolyn Kearney) and Jerry (Robert Arthur) must avoid the pursuit of a gang thugs, who seek to keep them from testifying against the perpetrators. The police, led by Det. Sgt. Fred Janusz (Gene Evans) work overtime to bring the bad guys to justice and keep Valerie and Jerry safe.

Director

William Witney

William Nuelsen Witney (15 May 1915 – 17 March 2002) was an American film and television director. He is best remembered for the movie serials he co-directed with John English for Republic Pictures such as Daredevils of the Red Circle, Zorro’s Fighting Legion and Drums of Fu Manchu.

He directed many Westerns during his career, and is credited with devising the modern system of filming movie fight sequences in a series of carefully choreographed shots, which he patterned after the musical sequences of American director Busby Berkeley. Prolific and pugnacious, Witney began directing while still in his 20s, and continued until 1982.

Quentin Tarantino singles out Witney as one of his favorite directors, particularly for The Golden Stallion (1949), a Roy Rogers vehicle. Witney also directed Master of the World (1961) starring Vincent Price and Charles Bronson. —Wikipedia