Because They’re Young

Every parent’s joys and panics, every girl’s fears and hopes, and every boy’s drives and dreams make a splash on screen in Because They’re Young. In his first film role, Dick Clark stars as an idealistic high school teacher who tries to guide the lives of his hormone-fueled pupils through the travails of teenage troubles, whether it be in history class, at the school dance, or breaking up the local rumble off campus. Young stars Michael Callan, Tuesday Weld, Victoria Shaw, Roberta Shore, Warren Berlinger, and Doug McClure do well in supporting roles, while James Darren and Duane Eddy & the Rebels appear as themselves to perform.