It's rather hard to believe that Steve Allen, Jayne Meadows, Mamie Van Doren, Mickey Shaughnessy, Conway Twitty, Elisha Cook, Jr., Rocky Marciano, Herbert Marshall, and Walter Winchell could appear in the same movie. These folks (plus many others) all appear in "College Confidential", and the film is predictably bad.
Allen plays sociology Prof. Macinter, who is surveying the sexual attitudes of his students, much to the chagrin of some students' parents. Macinter believes in openness about sex, and therefore creates something of an uproar in his conservative college town. He is showing some home movies of his students when suddenly a (gasp) nude scene is spliced into the film, causing all kinds of trouble for Macinter, including the cold shoulder from his girlfriend (Meadows). A "trial" of sorts is held in the general store of pious and self-righteous Sam Grover (Shaughnessy). The trial is accompanied by some of the most painfully preachy sermons you'll ever hear on film. A surprise twist ending exonerates Macinter...but sorry, you'll have to watch the movie.
I really like Steve Allen and have loved about everything he's ever done, but this movie is just ridiculous. It was considered somewhat daring in 1960, but now it just seems silly. The appearance of 30-year-old bombshell Van Doren as a college student just makes the proceedings all the more preposterous. I will admit that the ending is worth watching, but it sure takes a long time to get there. You may want to watch this movie just for the cast, but you'll never watch it for the story.
Allen plays sociology Prof. Macinter, who is surveying the sexual attitudes of his students, much to the chagrin of some students' parents. Macinter believes in openness about sex, and therefore creates something of an uproar in his conservative college town. He is showing some home movies of his students when suddenly a (gasp) nude scene is spliced into the film, causing all kinds of trouble for Macinter, including the cold shoulder from his girlfriend (Meadows). A "trial" of sorts is held in the general store of pious and self-righteous Sam Grover (Shaughnessy). The trial is accompanied by some of the most painfully preachy sermons you'll ever hear on film. A surprise twist ending exonerates Macinter...but sorry, you'll have to watch the movie.
I really like Steve Allen and have loved about everything he's ever done, but this movie is just ridiculous. It was considered somewhat daring in 1960, but now it just seems silly. The appearance of 30-year-old bombshell Van Doren as a college student just makes the proceedings all the more preposterous. I will admit that the ending is worth watching, but it sure takes a long time to get there. You may want to watch this movie just for the cast, but you'll never watch it for the story.