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- In many ways EIGHTEEN AND ANXIOUS is more of a noir, than a juvenile delinquent flick: The jazz setting and sound, the less-than-lovable anti-heroine, plus various unsavory adults, rather than the squaresville but well-meaning parental units of most JD entries. It's also rather bleak, as noirs can often be.
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Eighteen and Anxious. A teenage mother (Mary Webster) with no proof of marriage runs off to Las Vegas with a trumpet player (William Campbell).
- Joe Parker
- Mary Webster, William Campbell, Martha Scott
EIGHTEEN AND ANXIOUS is darn near impossible to find, but should you get your hands on a copy, it's a fairly fascinating rarity that works as both a noir and as a juvie.
Eighteen and Anxious is a 1957 American drama film directed by Joe Parker and written by Katherine Eunson and Dale Eunson. The film stars William Campbell, Martha Scott, Jackie Loughery, Jim Backus, Ron Hagerthy, and Jackie Coogan.
Eighteen and Anxious: Directed by Joe Parker. With William Campbell, Martha Scott, Jackie Loughery, Jim Backus. A naive teenager gets pregnant and is forced to face the realities of life.
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- Drama
- Joe Parker
- 1957-11-15
Joe Parker. Synopsis. A naive teenager gets pregnant and is forced to face the realities of life.
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Eighteen and Anxious turns out to be a solid, entertaining melodrama. You've got automobile-related teen tragedy, a knocked-up teenager, an abortion clinic (run by a particularly sweaty and off-putting doctor) masquerading as an electrolysis clinic, a brief trip or two to Tijuana, a juke joint, a couple of jazz parties, emotionally gripping ...
