Buddy Root exits the office of Local Board No. 20 Selective Service. At the bottom of the stairs he lights a cigarette and the music swells. And as he steps to the camera the title "No Time To Be Young" flashes across him. The next title reads: "Introducing Robert Vaughn."
That's how this 1957 Columbia Pictures film begins. And, this is unmistakably Vaughn's picture.
Root (Vaughn) is upset that he's been drafted into the military. He's ruined his chances at a deferral by dropping out of college. He's from a fatherless home and his mother appears to be too busy to offer the type of parental guidance he needs.
Root has been having a relationship with his former college professor. She can't reach this troubled young man either as he wants to leave the country and desert his military obligation.
Root enlists the help of two friends to rob a grocery story and fund their escape. Each of these men face dark futures, too. One, has fallen for a reckless woman and now needs money to help her and the other guy has secretly married the daughter of a wealthy man and faces pressures to achieve financial success. Each of these men has been irresponsible and impulsive.
The filmmakers seem to have trouble with women.
No Time To Be Young tries explore the problems of criminal behavior from young men but it never offers more than superficial reasons.
What Vaughn provides is a vivid screen debut of a sociopath with self-destructive behavior.
And, for that reason, this film is worth a look.
That's how this 1957 Columbia Pictures film begins. And, this is unmistakably Vaughn's picture.
Root (Vaughn) is upset that he's been drafted into the military. He's ruined his chances at a deferral by dropping out of college. He's from a fatherless home and his mother appears to be too busy to offer the type of parental guidance he needs.
Root has been having a relationship with his former college professor. She can't reach this troubled young man either as he wants to leave the country and desert his military obligation.
Root enlists the help of two friends to rob a grocery story and fund their escape. Each of these men face dark futures, too. One, has fallen for a reckless woman and now needs money to help her and the other guy has secretly married the daughter of a wealthy man and faces pressures to achieve financial success. Each of these men has been irresponsible and impulsive.
The filmmakers seem to have trouble with women.
No Time To Be Young tries explore the problems of criminal behavior from young men but it never offers more than superficial reasons.
What Vaughn provides is a vivid screen debut of a sociopath with self-destructive behavior.
And, for that reason, this film is worth a look.