The Beatniks: Starring Tony Travis, Joyce Terry, and Peter Breck (1960 Movie)

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The Beatniks is a 1960 American film directed by Paul Frees. It was also featured on the movie-mocking program Mystery Science Theater 3000.

Eddy Crane is the leader of a gang that robs small businesses for petty cash. At one point his gang accosts the broken-down car of a music business executive, Harry Bayliss. Afterwards Bayliss wishes to call a tow truck, so he goes into the eatery where Eddy's gang is celebrating. Bayliss overhears Eddy singing to the juke box and offers him a chance to audition for his variety program. Eddy accepts, passes his audition, and is given a spot on television. Eddy sings a two-minute song that is apparently stupendously successful, with Bayliss calling Eddy an 'overnight sensation' and prophesying an astounding rise to fame, complete with a hit record, 'a guest spot on every top show,' and eventually culminating with 'The Eddy Crane Show.' Atop Eddy's newfound success, he also immediately begins making advances at Bayliss's secretary, Helen Tracy, in preference over his long-suffering girlfriend, Iris.

The specter of Eddy's stardom raises dissension among his gang, who wish either to accompany him unquestionably on his ascent, or to hold him back in their ranks. Iris is also jealous of Helen, with whom Eddy has been carrying on an affair. Helen eventually professes her love for Eddy. But one of Eddy's gang members, Moon, commits a murder, threatening to drag Eddy down by association. Moon runs from the police, but is tracked down by Eddy, who delivers him for arrest. With this he also definitively separates himself from the rest of his gang and from Iris.

Directed by Paul Frees
Produced by Edward Heite
Ron Miller
Written by Paul Frees
Arthur Julian
Starring See below
Cinematography Murray De Atley
Editing by Harold White
Running time 78 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Cast * Tony Travis as Eddy Crane * Joyce Terry as Helen Tracy * Peter Breck as Bob 'Moon' Mooney * Karen Kadler as Iris * Charles Delaney as Harry Bayliss * Sam Edwards as Red * Bob Wells as Chuck * Stanley Farrar as Mr. Ray Morrissey * Claude Stroud as The Hotel Manager * Bob Pacquin as The Hotel Detective * Martha Wentworth as Nadine (Iris' Mother) * Frank Worth as Gus, the bartender

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[lemonadeez]

This kids are out of control.

Where are the parents?

[ChristianU2ubeh]

I can't watch it without Mike, Crow and Servo.

[thecrazypandalover]

Holy crap real movie

[EarlyLAPunk]

Holy crap someone made this movie.

[BasqueNYC]

Although I love this movie I found it amusing on Mystery Science Theater 3000 when Moon says "what do you think I am?" with Crow answering his question to the movie "A crappy actor?" lol.But I still give Peter Breck,in the immortal words of Otto in A Fish Called Wanda "I love that man!" hehe

[priapus56]

I watched the first 4mins and unfortunately began to want to spray these fucking little jerks with a machine gun. Do films make people violent?...thank God I didn't have a gun!

[HossGal1]

Peter Breck is wonderful in this movie!

[favrailer]

This movie is wild 

[spacepatrolman]

@pitbullwinkle robert mitchum had seen him in a play and told him to go to california and loaned him a sports car and the rest as they say is history

[spacepatrolman]

@dodge96neon its not really a beatnick movie its an armed robbery crime drama look at the trailer for the hoodlum priest