The Young Stranger

The lack of communication between a wealthy film producer and his troubled teenage son after the boy is involved in an altercation at a movie theater leads to even more trouble.

Cast

James MacArthur

as Hal Ditmar

Kim Hunter

as Helen Ditmar

James Daly

as Tom Ditmar

James Gregory

as Sergeant Shipley

Whit Bissell

as Grubbs

Jeffrey Silver

as Jerry Doyle

Jack Mullaney

as Confused Boy

Tom Pittman

as Lynn Spears

Charles Davis

as Detective

Leon Alton

as Peter Kalish (uncredited)

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