Engaging B picture from Independent Artists/Bryanston directed by Don Sharp. It focuses on young people in love - Carol White, eventually to be legendary, and Alan Rothwell.
White was cast by the producers after working for her in Never Let Go. She was just seventeen. She and Rothwell genuinely seem young - I mean, they are, but seeming it is a different thing to being it.
The plot has Rothwell hanging around with a Bad Lot (milk bars, table tennis, juvenile delinquency), on the verge of being a criminal, to the worry of a smug, friendly local vicar. He romances local girl White - they have a nice day trip (pleasing location scenes), then he paws her, she says no, she goes on a date, he thinks she's putting out, he sulks and acts possessive and controlling, then they get together, and agree to get married. So it's a film of it's time. The structure is solid. You just sense he's going to be bashing her in a few years.
White hadn't grown into her looks let, she seems to be a kid. Rothwell is fine - everyone can act.
Don Sharp directs quite well.
For a long time this movie was considered missing. It's not a msterpiece or a gem, it feels like a television episode with decent production values, but ti's not bad.
