Boys Beware is a 1961 short social guidance film released through Sid Davis Productions.

It portrays and attempts to educate about an alleged danger to young boys from predatory homosexuals.

[2][3][4][5] Boys Beware was narrated by a police detective on his way to a school meeting to discuss the issue of sexual predators who attempt to lure adolescent males.

True to the stereotypes of its time, the gay men in the film have mustaches, sunglasses and/or bow ties.

Teenage Jimmy Barnes was supposedly playing baseball and did not feel like walking home, so he decided to "thumb" a ride.

Unsuspecting boy Mike is seen playing a game of basketball with a group of friends while ignoring a man watching them.

A full-color version of the film was made in 1973, titled Boys Aware, using the same script and soundtrack with different actors.

In a stark departure from its predecessors, this remake does not explicitly equate homosexuality with pedophilia, instead focusing on how the film's target audience can recognize and prevent generally dangerous situations.

Charles Ferruzza of The Pitch stated that "the situations in the film were pretty far-fetched by 1972 standards—though not as ridiculous as those in Marijuana".