These Dangerous Years

These Dangerous Years (1957)

A Liverpool gang member wins a singing contest is then called up for National Service where he clashes with another soldier.

Date of release
1957-07-03
TMDB
7.3 / 10 (3)
Runtime
1h 47m
Genres
Crime, Drama, Music
Director
Herbert Wilcox

Casting

Interesting facts

These Dangerous Years is a 1957 British drama musical film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring George Baker, Frankie Vaughan, Carole Lesley, Thora Hird, Kenneth Cope, David Lodge and John Le Mesurier. It was written by Jack Trevor Story, and was the first of three films Wilcox made with Vaughan.

Production

It was the first solo producing effort from Anna Neagle. The film was known as The Cast Iron Shore and was to be the first of three films Neagle made with Diana Dors. However Dors was in Hollywood and declined to return to make the film .

The army sequences were filmed in the Inglis Barracks, Mill Hill, London NW7.

George Baker later said it "wasn't a good film. Herbert was trying to break away, you see. They'd all gone for Frankie Vaughan and this was a Liverpool film with a message about how tough it is in the Dingle. It wasn't attractive to a lot of people because it wasn't well enough made. The script was by Jack Trevor Story and he and Herbert had no meeting-ground whatever."

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