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Mad at the World

1955 · 76 min

A taut, earnest 1950s crime drama that simmers with parental desperation and street-level menace, moving quickly toward a grim reckoning.

Directed by
Harry Essex
Genres
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Tagline
Teen-Age Hoodlums Living for Kicks!
Overview
A neighborhood is terrorized by group of young juvenile delinquents called The WolfPack. When a young father's infant child is seriously injured because of the WolfPack, he decides that the police aren't working fast enough to catch the ones who hurt his baby and sets out to infiltrate the gang himself and mete out the punishment they deserve.

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Directed by
Harry Essex
Genres
Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • revenge
  • crime
  • family
  • justice
  • violence
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror2
Humour2
Realism7
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Genres
crime, drama, thriller
Directed by
Harry Essex
Written by
Harry Essex
Starring
Frank Lovejoy, Keefe Brasselle, Cathy O'Donnell, Karen Sharpe, Stanley Clements, Paul Bryar, Paul Dubov, James Delgado
Music
Leith Stevens
Cinematography
William E. Snyder
Runtime
76 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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