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The Rebel Set
Directed by Gene Fowler, Jr.
Starring Don Sullivan, Gregg Palmer, Kathleen Crowley, Edward Platt, Ned Glass, & John Lupton
Written by Bernard Girard & Louis Vittes
Cinematography: Karl Struss
Edited by William Austin
Music by Paul Dunlap
Allied Artists, 1959
The question is not infrequently asked: why do you bother watching “bad” movies.? I’ve given somewhat theoretical answers before,[1] but this movie (or rather, film!) — 1959’s The Rebel Set — provides a simpler answer: It’s fun!
B-GUYS! (The Beatnicks [sic]) Living and Loving for strange kicks!
JET DOLLS! Ready and willing to go into orbit!
KING OF BEATSVILLE! Mastermind behind a million dollars’ worth of murder!
THE “WEIRDIES”! Nobody knows what makes them...