Boys Beware
About Boys Beware
A police detective narrates on his way to a school meeting. Jimmy Barnes thumbs a ride with a stranger named Ralph, is taken to a hotel, reports it, and is put on probation while Ralph is arrested. Mike, watched at a basketball game, is said to be killed that night. Denny is tricked into a car while he and a friend sort newspapers. The narration treats the men as homosexual predators and calls the danger a social contagion.
Cast & crew
More about Boys Beware
Sid Davis produced and directed the 10-minute social-guidance short. It was shot in part in Inglewood with the city's police department and the Inglewood Unified School District. The English Wikipedia says the budget was $1,000. Copies are on the Internet Archive and on Wikimedia Commons.
Themes
Background
Inglewood police and the school district cooperated on the shoot.
Preservation
Copies are on the Internet Archive and Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- Jimmy is the boy who hitchhikes. Mike is the basketball player. Denny is the newsboy.
- The film equates homosexuality with hebephilia.
- Davis is the only named credit on the cast line. The boys are characters in staged scenes.
- The Internet Archive identifier is boys_beware.
Scenes
- Jimmy gets into Ralph's car and is later taken to a hotel.
- The narrator says Mike was killed after the basketball game.
Also available
- Internet Archive (boys_beware)
