Naked Youth | |
Director: | John F. Schreyer |
Producer: | John A. Bushelman (producer) Fred Ready (executive producer) |
Music: | Richard LaSalle |
Cinematography: | Lloyd Knechtel |
Editing: | Dwight Caldwell |
Studio: | Gold Air Shows |
Distributor: | Cinema Associates |
Runtime: | 73 minutes |
Country: | United States |
Language: | English |
Naked Youth is a 1961 American drama film directed by John F. Schreyer. It stars Robert Hutton and Carol Ohmart.
The film is also known as Wild Youth.
Two fugitives from a New Mexico prison farm, "Switch" and Frankie, encounter a 16-year-old farm girl, Donna, and go on the run together. After accepting a ride from a stranger, Rivas, when their car breaks down, the group encounters a drug dealer and murderer, Maddo, and his strung-out girlfriend, Madge who is addicted to heroin.
It was filmed in Tucumcari, New Mexico.[1] According to John Goddard, the cast stayed at a motel during the filming. He also said that it was originally titled Switchblade.[2]
It was released on a double-bill with 48 Hours to Live (1960).[3] It was later released on VHS by Rhino Home Video on November 19, 1987 and on DVD by Sinister Cinema.