Sweet Genevieve

I saw this movie when I was around 10 and was coming to the conclusion that most of the guys in high school at that time were slightly whacko. I mean, all they did was run around chasing girls and going gah-gah over modified cars. But, then I was 10 at the time and none of that made sense to me. These coming of age flicks, e.g., American Graffitti, Porky's, Heathers, etc., have gotten better over the years but back in those post-WW2 halcyon days, I have to admit, teenagers came off much like the nerds of today.

Scrolling through the cast, I can find no one that hit the big time but remembering this "B" movie, which was likely the second feature of a double feature at the time I saw it, has stuck with me over the years. The plot is benign, given today's appetite for slice'n dice and horror flicks with unappealing monsters. The plot of gamblers invading high school sports is hardly sinister but there was one memorable chase scene where the principal of the high school notes that one of the students is driving a "heated rod." Hey, it got a laugh back then. But then, it was a calmer, kinder time than today's frenetic and too-often drug-driven high school scene.

Just an average "B" from the late 1940's. Sort of boring but the young cast members do try and infuse some energy but its mostly just a bore fest. You Jimmy Lyndon is still with us at age 99.