Surprised that rape was mentioned
Jud obviously tried to rape Ruth; later this was briefly discussed by Ruth and Martin Milner's character. Rape was not openly discussed in the 1950's and I was surprised the word was even mentioned in this movie. The murder of the Kessler boy was not shown and nothing was mentioned to imply that Jud and Artie were gay (which was supposedly true about Leopold and Leob). But I liked the movie; I've seen Dean Stockwell in so many kid movies that it was great to see him as a young man.