Boys Beware

Boys Beware (1961)

This anti-homosexual social "scare" short film focuses on the dangers of young boys talking to strangers.

Date of release
1961-01-01
TMDB
3.3 / 10 (26)
Runtime
10m
Genres
Drama, Documentary
Director
Sid Davis

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Inglewood

Boys Beware is a 1961 short social guidance film released through Sid Davis Productions. It portrays several predatory male homosexuals and equates homosexuality with hebephilia and describes it as a social contagion.

Background and production

With a budget of $1,000 (equivalent to $10,774 in 2025), the film was shot partially in the Los Angeles suburb of Inglewood, California, and produced with the cooperation of the city's police department and the Inglewood Unified School District. Boys Beware was narrated by a police detective on his way to a school meeting to discuss the issue of sexual predators who attempt to lure adolescent males.

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