---
title: 'The Young One (1960)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Luis Buñuel'
released: '1960-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 95
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Mexico'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-young-one-1960'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053967/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Young One (1960)

1960 · 95 min · Drama · Mexico


## Synopsis

The Young One is a 1960 English-language Mexican drama film directed and co-written by Luis Buñuel, and starring Zachary Scott, Bernie Hamilton, Key Meersman, Crahan Denton and Claudio Brook. "Inspired by" the story "Travelin' Man" by Peter Matthiessen, the film deals with issues such as racism and statutory rape by depicting the interactions between two men and a teenage girl on a private island game preserve.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Luis Buñuel](https://cinepixo.com/people/luis-bunuel)
- **Screenplay:** [Luis Buñuel](https://cinepixo.com/people/luis-bunuel), [Peter Matthiessen](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-matthiessen), [Hugo Butler](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugo-butler)
- **Director of Photography:** [Gabriel Figueroa](https://cinepixo.com/people/gabriel-figueroa)

## Cast

- [Claudio Brook](https://cinepixo.com/people/claudio-brook)
- [Zachary Scott](https://cinepixo.com/people/zachary-scott)
- [Bernie Hamilton](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernie-hamilton)

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