Storyline

Arthur Bartley and Janet Willard are fairly typical 1950s teenagers. Their lives are turned upside down however when Janet becomes pregnant. Desperate to tell his parents of the predicament they find themselves in, Arthur finds that he cannot do so. He arranges for Janet to have an abortion, but the internal turmoil this causes him finally forces him to tell his father, who races to save the girl from the back room abortionist.—garykmcd

Plot Keywords

euthanasia, school, high school, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, mother son relationship, mother daughter relationship, father son relationship, father daughter relationship, brother sister relationship, bicycle, single parent, single father, widower, doghouse, death of dog, young love, wedding, based on play, teenage pregnancy, adolescent

Short Review

While [Dunne] is most remembered as a great screenwriter, his tender, unassuming direction of Blue Denim shows that he was a filmmaker ahead of his time.

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