Force of Impulse

 Force of Impulse is a 1961 American drama film directed by Saul Swimmer and starring Robert Alda, Jeff Donnell and J. Carrol Naish. A high school student robs his own father's grocery store in order to raise the money to take his girlfriend out.

Cast

 * Robert Alda as Warren Reese
 * J. Carrol Naish as Antonio Marino
 * Tony Anthony as Toby Marino
 * Jeff Donnell as Louise Reese
 * Jody McCrea as Phil Anderson
 * Brud Talbot as George
 * Lionel Hampton as Himself
 * Christina Crawford as Ann
 * Kathy Barr as Kathy
 * Teri Hope as Bunny Reese
 * Paul Daniel as Uncle Luigi

Novelization
Slightly in advance of the film's release, as was the custom of the era, a paperback novelization of the film was published by Popular Library. The author was renowned crime and western novelist Marvin H. Albert, who also made something of a cottage industry out of movie tie-ins. He seems to have been the most prolific screenplay novelizer of the late '50s through mid '60s, and, during that time, the preeminent specialist at light comedy.