Girls Town (1959)
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOUTHFUL REBELS GO BAD?
Chip is killed accidentally while trying to rape a blonde girl, who runs. Silver becomes the number one suspect even though she has an alibi, but due to previous brushes with the law she's sent to Girls Town, a home for young women in trouble with the law which is run by nuns. Silver is rebellious and causes trouble at the school, and her friend Sarafina totters near the brink of self-destruction because of an infatuation with a young singer. Meanwhile Chip's father hires a detective to find out the truth, and Chip's friend Fred gets Silver's sister in trouble at a drag race. Silver has a lot of problems all right.
- Date of release
- 1959-10-05
- TMDB
- 3.7 / 10 (21)
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Charles F. Haas
Casting
- Mamie Van Doren — Silver Morgan
- Mel Tormé — Fred Alger
- Ray Anthony — Dick Culdane
- Margaret Hayes — Mother Veronica (as Maggie Hayes)
- Paul Anka — Jimmy Parlow
- Cathy Crosby — Singer
- Gigi Perreau — Serafina Garcia
- Elinor Donahue — Mary Lee Morgan
- Gloria Talbott — Vida
- Sheilah Graham — Sister Grace
- James Mitchum — Charley Boy
- Dick Contino — Stan Joyce
Interesting facts
Girls Town is a 1959 American drama film directed by Charles F. Haas and starring Mamie Van Doren, Mel Tormé, and Ray Anthony. Paul Anka also appears in his first acting role. Van Doren stars as a juvenile delinquent who is sent to a girls' school run by nuns, where she finds herself unable to help her sister. The film capitalizes on the 1950s rebellious-teen exploitation films, with catfights, car races, music from Anka and The Platters, and sexy outfits.
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