A tough kid comes to a new high school and begins muscling his way into the drug scene. This is a typical morality play of the era, filled with a naive view of drugs, nihilistic beat poetry, and some incredible '50s slang.
Russ Tamblyn
as Tony Baker / Mike Wilson
Jan Sterling
as Arlene Williams
John Drew Barrymore
as J. I. Coleridge
Mamie Van Doren
as Gwen Dulaine
Jerry Lee Lewis
as Self
Ray Anthony
as Bix
Jackie Coogan
as Mr. A
Charles Chaplin, Jr.
as Quinn
Diane Jergens
as Joan Staples
Burt Douglas
as Jukey Judlow
Michael Landon
as Steve Bentley
Jody Fair
as Doris
