High School Big Shot is a 1959 film starring Tom Pittman (in his final role), Virginia Aldridge, Howard Veit and Malcolm Atterbury, Filmed in 1958 under the title Blood Money, it was released by executive producer Roger Corman as a double feature with T-Bird Gang in his first Filmgroup release. It was featured in an episode (#618) of the comedy series Mystery Science Theater 3000.

Plot: Marv Grant (Tom Pittman) is a high school student who lives with his deadbeat, alcoholic father (Malcolm Atterbury). Marv needs money, his unemployed dad is so poor that he makes him give up half of his last six dollars so they can both go on three dollar dates. Marv just lost his scholarship after getting caught writing a term paper for Betty, the prettiest (and only) girl in his class and Betty herself has told him he doesn't stand a chance with her unless he can give her what she wants most. Money, money, money. But Marv has mob ties, so he knows where to find a million dollars in cash.

Tom Pittman was born on March 16, 1932 in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. He was an actor, known for High School Big Shot (1959), Tombstone Territory (1957) and Apache Territory (1958). He died on October 31, 1958 in Benedict Canyon, Los Angeles, California in a car crash after leaving a Halloween party at the home of Norma Stuart, ex-wife of Keefe Brasselle. His body was found in his wrecked sports car by a Los Angeles police officer nearly three weeks later, on November 19, at the bottom of the ravine in Benedict Canyon. He was nearly halfway out of the driver's side window, having been crushed between the steering post and the driver's side door. According to his father, he idolized James Dean and like Dean, loved to drive his sports car at high speeds. He was driving a Porsche Spyder when he was killed, the same model in which Dean died.

Credits:
Tom Pittman as Marvin 'Marv' Grant
Virginia Aldridge as Betty Alexander
Howard Veit as Vince Rumbo
Malcolm Atterbury as Mr. Grant (Pop)
Stanley Adams as Harry March
Louis Quinn as Samuel Tallman
Peter Leeds as Mr. Carter
John Barrick as Larry Walker
Jimmy Murphy as Burt Rogers
Byron Foulger as Mr. Mathews
Bobby Hall as Johnson
Ron Gans as (as Ron Kennedy)
Ellen Atterbury as Mrs. Fisher (as Ellen Hardies)
Evan Thompson
Bill Coontz
Wally Rose

Directed by Joel Rapp
Written by Joel Rapp
Produced by Stanley Bickman
Cinematography John M. Nickolaus Jr.
Edited by Carlo Lodato
Music by Gerald Fried