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.
High School Confidential! has generally received mixed reviews.
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High School Confidential! was released in 1958 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 21 reviews, giving High School Confidential! (1958) an average rating of 54%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 74%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 60%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with High School Confidential! than critics were.
With a score of 54%, High School Confidential! is below the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1958, which stands at 60%.
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