These Dangerous Years

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Wikipedia article 'These Dangerous Years' (also known as 'Dangerous Youth') is a 1957 British drama musical film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring George Baker, Frankie Vaughan, Carole Lesley, Thora Hird, Kenneth Cope, David Lodge and John Le Mesurier. The army sequences were filmed in the Inglis Barracks, Mill Hill, London NW7. Plot Tough gang leader and wannabe rock star Dave Wyman, from the slums of Liverpool, gets called up for National Service. He undergoes basic training, finds the discipline surprisingly suits him, and emerges stronger. When his best friend from training is killed by the camp bully, Dave takes revenge, and eventually ends up marrying his singing partner. Cast * George Baker as the Padre * Frankie Vaughan as Dave Wyman * Carole Lesley as Dinah Brown * Jocelyn Lane as Maureen * Katherine Kath as Mrs Wyman * Thora Hird as Mrs Larkin * Eddie Byrne as Danny * Kenneth Cope as Juggler * Robert Desmond as Cream O'Casey * Ray Jackson as Smiler Larkin * Richard Leech as Captain Brewster * John Le Mesurier as Commanding Officer * David Lodge as Sergeant Major Lockwood * Michael Ripper as Private Simpson * Reginald Beckwith as Hairdresser * Martin Boddey as Police Sergeant * Lloyd Lamble as Police Officer * Bunner O'Keeffe as youth buying the 'Liverpool Echo' Production It was the first solo producing effort from Anna Neagle. The film was known as 'The Cast Iron Shore' and was to be the first of three films Neagle made with Diana Dors. However Dors was in Hollywood and declined to return to make the film .Dors Drops out of Neagle Film Author: Cecil Wilson Date: Monday, Sept. 3, 1956 Publication: Daily Mail (London, England) p 3 References
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