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No Time to Be Young

1957 film by David Lowell Rich

Raphael Hayes
John McPartland

Story byJohn McPartlandProduced byWallace MacDonaldStarringRobert VaughnCinematographyHenry FreulichEdited byJerome ThomsColor processBlack and white

Production
company

Columbia Pictures

Distributed byColumbia Pictures

Release date

August 1957 (1957-08)

Running time

81 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

No Time to Be Young is a 1957 American crime film noir directed by David Lowell Rich and introducing Robert Vaughn in his first starring feature film role.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Plot

The story follows the troubled lives of three young men, friends since high school, who have reached breaking points. The first is a college dropout, and draft dodger, who is involved with a woman old enough to be his mother. He formulates a plan to rob a Dorr's supermarket so he can purchase a boat and escape his problems. The second fellow works at Dorr's and feels that he is ready to marry a certain waitress at a coffee shop where the three men hang out. She plays with his affection and likes to have a good time with more mature men. After a date, the two try to sneak into her home through a top-floor window; she falls and is critically injured. He feels responsible and wants to pay her medical bills. The third is a failed writer who has lied about having a budding literary career in order to persuade a girl to marry him and to impress her father. His lie is discovered and his wife rejects him.

The three attempt the robbery, during which the dropout gets too wired and kills the manager. They flee, but the dropout's cohorts are captured by the cops while he steals a truck and heads screaming down the road for Mexico. A chase ensues until the truck's brakes fail and he crashes over a cliff.

Cast

Robert Vaughn as Buddy Root
Roger Smith as Bob Miller
Tom Pittman as Stu Bradley
Dorothy Green as Mrs. Doris Dexter
Merry Anders as Gloria Stuben
Kathy Nolan as Tina Parner Bradley
Sarah Selby as Mrs. Helen Root

Note: In a case of art imitating life, Vaughn had actually been drafted into the U.S. Army two years before, and Pittman died the year following the film's release when his vehicle crashed over a cliff like the climax.^[5]

Release

No Time to Be Young was released in theatres in August 1957. The film was released on DVD on March 4, 2011.^[6]

References

^ "No Time to Be Young". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved November 13, 2016.
^ Maltin 2010, p. 497.
^ "No Time to Be Young". AllMovie. San Francisco: All Media Network. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
^ Blum 1958, p. 172.
^ "Tom Pittman, Like James Dean, Is Killed Driving His Race Car". The Free Lance-Star (Fredericksburg, VA). November 20, 1958. p. 2. Retrieved January 8, 2015.
^ "No Time to Be Young". Sony Pictures Entertainment. Sony Entertainment Inc. March 4, 2011. ASIN B004CZZZCM. Retrieved November 13, 2016.

Sources

Keaney, Michael F. (2003). Film Noir Guide: 745 Films of the Classic Era, 1940-1959. New York City: McFarland & Company. p. 311. ISBN 978-0786415472.
Maltin, Leonard (2010). Classic Movie Guide: From the Silent Era Through 1965 (2nd ed.). New York City: Plume. p. 497. ISBN 978-0452295773.
Blum, Daniel (1958). Screen World (9th ed.). New York City: Biblo and Tannen. p. 172. ISBN 9780819602640.