Blue Denim

"How could it happen to Janet...so shy, so young, and so much like yourself? Where did she go wrong... and why... WHY... WHY?"

Oct 30 1959 Approved 1h 29m
Drama, Romance

Two naive high-school students must deal with the unexpected consequences after a night of passion.

Plot

Arthur Bartley and Janet Willard are fairly typical 1950s teenagers. Their lives are turned upside down however when Janet becomes pregnant. Desperate to tell his parents of the predicament they find themselves in, Arthur finds that he cannot do so. He arranges for Janet to have an abortion, but the internal turmoil this causes him finally forces him to tell his father, who races to save the girl from the back room abortionist.

Written by

Edith Sommer, Philip Dunne, James Leo Herlihy

Directed by

Philip Dunne

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

Languages

English

Awards

1 nomination

Scores
# of Votes
678
Average Rating
6.7 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA