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High School Big Shot

1959Movie1 h 10 minNR

CrimeDrama
31
BadGoodWatch score
IMDb3.5Rotten Tomatoes–24%

A moving, bleak crime movie about growing up and crime.

Good for friends night · teens · thought-provoking

Skip it if you need an uplifting mood

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Not for warmth, comfort or laughs.

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Story

The kid who showed the big time how!

Unpopular at school because of his high I.Q., neglected by his weak and alcoholic father, Marvin is easy prey for the campus vamp, Betty, who pretends an interest in Marv only so that he will write her term paper. When the two are discovered cheating by their professor, the longed-for scholarship recommendation is withdrawn. Meanwhile the jealousy of Betty's boyfriend has been aroused and when Marv learns that he can only hold the girl's affections by offering her riches, he plans a million dollar robbery. Even the professional gangsters with whom he works are amazed at the brilliance of the young genius.

Feels like

  • Tragic Crime Drama
  • Delinquent
  • Socially Conscious
  • Misguided Youth
  • Moral Decay
  • Early Exploitation Film
  • Noir Elements
  • Pulp Melodrama
  • 50s America

Cast

9 of 9

Crew

Directed by
Joel Rapp
Written by
Joel Rapp
Produced by
Roger Corman, Stanley Bickman
Music by
Gerald Fried

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Facts

October 16, 1959 · 1 h 10 min · NR

Released
October 16, 1959
Runtime
1 h 10 min
Age rating
NR
Content
Violence, Suicide Themes
Genres
Crime, Drama
Original language
English
Made in
United States
Available in
137 countries

Tropes

The Alcoholic, Crapsack World, Dirty Old Man +9

  • The Alcoholic
  • Crapsack World
  • Dirty Old Man
  • Downer Ending
  • Driven to Suicide
  • The Dutiful Son
  • Freudian Excuse
  • Loose Lips
  • Lady Macbeth
  • Insistent Terminology
  • Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
  • Gold Digger

12 of 23 tropes. From TV Tropes.

Q&A

4 questions, like "Where can I stream High School Big Shot?"

Questions about High School Big Shot

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Where can I stream High School Big Shot?

The RokuNight Flight+Shout! Factory TVPlexFawesomeCultpixCineverseMidnight Pulp

In the United States, High School Big Shot streams on Night Flight+, Cultpix, and Shout! Factory, and it is free with ads on The Roku, Shout! Factory TV, Plex, Fawesome, Cineverse, Midnight Pulp, Xumo Play, DistroTV, Mometu, and Tubi TV. It also streams in 136 other countries.

Is High School Big Shot worth watching?

31
BadGoodWatch score

Reviews are weak, with a GoodWatch score of 31 (IMDb 3.5).

Will I feel good after watching High School Big Shot?

BleakHopeful

Probably not: the title analysis rates it 8 of 10 for bleakness and 7 for melancholy, against 2 for hopefulness.

What tropes does High School Big Shot use?

The AlcoholicCrapsack WorldDirty Old ManDowner EndingDriven to SuicideThe Dutiful SonFreudian ExcuseLoose LipsLady MacbethInsistent TerminologyNice Job Breaking It, Hero!Gold Diggerand 11 more

TV Tropes lists 23 tropes for it, including The Alcoholic, Crapsack World, and Dirty Old Man.