| The Young Stranger | |
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| Directed by | John Frankenheimer |
| Produced by | Stuart Millar |
| Screenplay by | Robert Dozier |
| Starring | James MacArthur |
| Music by | Leonard Rosenman |
| Cinematography | Robert H. Planck |
| Edited by | Edward A. Biery (as Edward Biery Jr.), Robert Swink |
| Distributed by | RKO Teleradio Pictures |
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84 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Young Stranger (1957) is a low-budget drama film, the directorial debut of John Frankenheimer and was based on the teleplay Deal a Blow by Robert Dozier.
Teenage Hal Ditmar, the son of a wealthy movie producer, gets into an argument in a theater, which ends with Hal hitting the theater manager. Neither the police nor Hal's father believe his claim that he acted in self-defense.