The Young Sinner
Cast & Crew
Tom Laughlin
Tom Laughlin
Stefanie Powers
William Wellman Jr.
Robert Angelo
Linda March
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Chris Wotan tells the story of his downfall to a priest at the confessional: A top athlete in high school, Chris hopes to win a football scholarship to college, which he could not otherwise afford. Although he has troubles at home with his ineffectual, alcoholic father and working mother, Chris is happy with his girl friend, Ginny. One day, he and his friends are caught by one of the coaches after hours at the school swimming pool; after arguing with the teacher Chris is put on probation. He dates the wealthy but insecure Tury in hopes that her influential father will help him to obtain a scholarship, and Ginny, believing his interest in Tury to be romantic, breaks off with him. Another disaster occurs when Tury's parents return home to find him in bed with their daughter. Chris goes for a ride with his friends in a fire truck they have bought, and he is wrongfully implicated in a raid on a drugstore and is expelled from school. Lonely and despondent, Chris takes Joan Meyers, a 14-year-old of doubtful reputation, to her special place in the church loft, intent on having sex with her, but his self-disgust is so great he rejects her. Smashing church ornaments, Chris runs from the church, only to return later for the help of the priest, who will help him remake his life.
Director
Tom Laughlin
Cast
Tom Laughlin
Stefanie Powers
William Wellman Jr.
Robert Angelo
Linda March
Julia Paul
Clint Gunkel
Dorothy Downey
Charles Heard
Roxanne Heard
John Burns
Jack Starrett
Ed Cook
Jane Taylor
Harry Zumach
A. C. Pagenkoff
Conny Van Dyke
Richard A. Colla
James Stacy
Chris Robinson
Dennis O'flaherty
Bob Colonna
Chuck Siebert
Marlene Kelly
Charles Stobert
Terry Thompson
Crew
Charles Cooper
James A. Crabe
Donald Henderson
Ellen Lafferty
Tom Laughlin
Tom Laughlin
Shelly Manne
Ed Martin
Leroy Robbins
Sven Walnum
Herbert Willis
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Trivia
Notes
Filmed in 1960 on location in and around Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The working title of this film is Christopher Wotan. Previewed in 1961 as Like Father, Like Son; running time: ca86 min. Originally intended as the first part of a projected trilogy entitled We Are All Christ. Prerelease title: Among the Thorns. Additional footage May have been added prior to theatrical release. Crabe's participation is unconfirmed. T. C. Frank is a pseudonym for Tom Laughlin.
