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Written by Richard Baer Release date July 1958 Running time 1h 14m | 6.3/10 IMDb Productioncompany Columbia Pictures Director Arthur Dreifuss Screenplay Richard Baer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Mark DamonLuana AndersEdd Byrnes Cast Similar The World Was His Jury, Glamour Girl, Little Miss Broadway, Vacation Days, Racing Luck | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Plot
Carol Peck, a 17-year-old from Indiana, has an older sister, Elaine, who is a beauty queen. Carol wins a local pageant, to the delight of her parents Virginia and Harry and her dependable, mild-mannered boyfriend, Jim.
A smug, prep-school boy, Russ Lippincott, openly declares during the beauty contest his intention to date the winner. Elaine is intrigued, but declines. Russ is determined to make a conquest, so he uses her little sister Carol, pretending to be interested in her instead. Elaine wins the title of Miss Indianapolis, then takes up with Russ, insisting he tell Carol the truth.
A misunderstanding leads to a false assumption that Russ and Carol have been intimate, compounded by a broken-hearted Carol claiming she is pregnant. Russ is threatened with expulsion from school and possible arrest for sex with a minor. When she confesses her lie, Carol wins newfound respect from Russ, who becomes genuinely interested in her while Elaine returns to Jim.