The Young Captives

The Young Captives (1959)

Approved 01 Feb 1959 • Crime, Drama • 1h 1m

Teen-age sweethearts, Benjie Whitney and Ann Howel, decide to elope to Mexico. Jamie Forbes, insane itinerant oil-field worker, who has killed his boss, runs on to them when they run out of gas and forces them to take him with them. On the way, he murders a blonde woman, at a gas station, who resents his attentions. Once in Mexico, he forces his attentions on Ann, while holding Benjie at bay with a switch-blade knife.

Irvin Kershner
Director
Andrew J. Fenady, Gordon Hunt, Al Burton
Writer
Steven Marlo, Luana Patten, Tom Selden
Starring

Language: English
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Country: United States
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5.4

IMDb (78 votes)