Men of Tomorrow (1959 film)

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Men of Tomorrow
Directed by Alfred Travers
Screenplay byVernon Greeves
Alfred Travers
Starring David Hemmings
Production
company
Border
Release date
  • 1959 (1959)
Running time
40 mins
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Men of Tomorrow is a 1959 British short feature film directed by Alfred Travers and starring Vernon Greeves and David Hemmings. [1] [2] It was written by Greeves and Travers.

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Plot

A young reporter unvestigates the reasons that under-privileged teenagers turn rebellious.

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References

  1. "Men of Tomorrow". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
  2. Gifford, Denis (2016). British Film Catalogue: Two Volume Set - The Fiction Film/The Non-Fiction Film. Routledge. p. 674. ISBN   9781317740636.