Carol Peck, a 17-year-old from Indiana, has an older sister, Elaine, who is a beauty queen. Carol wins a local pageant, to the delight of her parents Virginia and Harry and her dependable, mild-mannered boyfriend, Jim.
A smug, prep-school boy, Russ Lippincott, openly declares during the beauty contest his intention to date the winner. Elaine is intrigued, but declines. Russ is determined to make a conquest, so he uses her little sister Carol, pretending to be interested in her instead. Elaine wins the title of Miss Indianapolis, then takes up with Russ, insisting he tell Carol the truth.
A misunderstanding leads to a false assumption that Russ and Carol have been intimate, compounded by a broken-hearted Carol claiming she is pregnant. Russ is threatened with expulsion from school and possible arrest for sex with a minor. When she confesses her lie, Carol wins newfound respect from Russ, who becomes genuinely interested in her while Elaine returns to Jim.
life, begins, 1958, american, drama, film, starring, dorothy, johnson, mark, damon, byrnes, luana, anders, elaine, peck, dorothy, johnson, boyfriend, parker, byrnes, directed, byarthur, dreifuss, written, byrichard, baer, produced, bysam, katzmanstarringmark, . Life Begins at 17 is a 1958 American drama film starring Dorothy Johnson Mark Damon Edd Byrnes and Luana Anders 1 Life Begins at 17Elaine Peck Dorothy Johnson and boyfriend Jim Parker Edd Byrnes Directed byArthur Dreifuss 1 Written byRichard Baer 2 Produced bySam KatzmanStarringMark DamonDorothy JohnsonLuana AndersEdd ByrnesCinematographyFred Jackman Jr Edited bySaul A GoodkindProductioncompanyColumbia PicturesRelease datesJuly 1958 1958 07 United States August 16 1958 1958 08 16 Los Angeles Running time74 minutesCountryUSLanguageEnglish Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 4 References 5 External linksPlot editCarol Peck a 17 year old from Indiana has an older sister Elaine who is a beauty queen Carol wins a local pageant to the delight of her parents Virginia and Harry and her dependable mild mannered boyfriend Jim A smug prep school boy Russ Lippincott openly declares during the beauty contest his intention to date the winner Elaine is intrigued but declines Russ is determined to make a conquest so he uses her little sister Carol pretending to be interested in her instead Elaine wins the title of Miss Indianapolis then takes up with Russ insisting he tell Carol the truth A misunderstanding leads to a false assumption that Russ and Carol have been intimate compounded by a broken hearted Carol claiming she is pregnant Russ is threatened with expulsion from school and possible arrest for sex with a minor When she confesses her lie Carol wins newfound respect from Russ who becomes genuinely interested in her while Elaine returns to Jim Cast editDorothy Johnson as Elaine Peck Mark Damon as Russ Lippincott Edd Byrnes as Jim Parker Luana Anders as Carol Peck Ann Doran as Virginia Peck Hugh Sanders as Harry PeckProduction editIt was known as The Teenage Story during production 3 References edit a b Life Begins at 17 British Film Institute Archived from the original on October 8 2018 Retrieved October 7 2018 Writer Richard Baer dies at 79 Variety February 25 2008 Retrieved October 7 2018 Scheuer P K Jan 28 1958 Brazzi wins deborah kerr Los Angeles Times ProQuest 167254752 External links editLife Begins at 17 at IMDb nbsp Life Begins at 17 at the TCM Movie Database nbsp This 1950s drama film related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Life Begins at 17 amp oldid 1180211232, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
