Zeus

Youth Runs Wild (1944)

• Director
  • Mark Robson
• Writers
  • John Fante(screen play)
  • Ardel Wray(additional dialogue)
  • Herbert Kline(original story)
• Stars
  • Bonita Granville
  • Kent Smith
  • Jean Brooks

  In this WW II-era drama set in a small town, most of the adults are so busy fighting the war or working in the local defense plant that they have little time to supervise their children. A sort of juvenile anarchy ensues with the children and teens doing whatever they please. Soon the town is falling into ruin as a boy is run down by a car thief, a runaway girl begins associating with thugs and other mayhem ensues. Fortunately, a returning soldier decides to open up a youth center to give the kids a place to go. He also helps the boys get some useful job training.