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Child Bride ()

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A schoolteacher in a rural community campaigns to stop the practice of older men marrying underage girls.
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Jennie
Bob Bollinger ...
Freddie
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Jake Bolby
Diana Durrell ...
Miss Carol
Dorothy Carrol ...
Ma Colton
George Humphreys ...
Ira Colton
Frank Martin ...
Charles
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Mike Nulty (as Rex Baxter)
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Angelo (as Don Barrett)
Al Bannon ...
Happy

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Harry Revier ... (as Harry J. Revier)

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Harry Revier ... (story and screenplay)
 
Harry Revier ... (story: 1942 reissue) (uncredited)

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Lloyd Friedgen ... associate producer
Raymond Friedgen ... producer (uncredited)

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Felix Mills ... (uncredited)

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Marcel Le Picard ... (photography) (as Marcel Picard)

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Helene Turner ... (as Helen Turner)

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Tom Galligan ... production manager

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Glen Glenn ... sound engineer

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Felix Mills ... musical director

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Kroger Babb ... presenter (1945 reissue)
Raymond Friedgen ... presenter
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Plot Summary

12-year-old Jennie lives with her parents in extremely rural mountain country. Her schoolteacher Miss Carol, a mountain girl herself, went off to get educated and has returned hoping to stop the tradition of child marriage which permeates the culture. Jennie's father Ira is a good man who tries to protect Miss Carol from the men who warn her to call off her crusade. One of those threatening men, Jake Bolby, has his eye on young Jennie and plots to make her his bride. Written by Jim Beaver

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Taglines A THROBBING DRAMA OF SHACKLED YOUTH! (original 1938 one-sheet poster) See more »
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Also Known As
  • Dust to Dust (United States)
  • Les esclaves du désir (France)
  • Esclaves du désir (France)
  • Малышка-невеста (Soviet Union, Russian title)
  • Child Bride of the Ozarks
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  • 62 min
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Budget $24,000 (estimated)

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Trivia The only film the cast and crew of Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988) refused to satirize after watching. During an interview, host Michael J. Nelson revealed that the crew considered the film "disturbing." In a separate interview with Frank Conniff, who selected films for the show, he cited it as the worst film he had watched as a potential selection for the show. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Sleazemania III: The Good, the Bad and the Sleazy (1986). See more »
Crazy Credits Angel Rossitto portrays diminutive moonshiner Angelo, but the credits identify him as "Don Barrett." See more »
Quotes Freddie: I'll beat you undressed, Jennie.
Jennie: Freddie, you ain't goin' swimmin' with me no more. So don't you take your clothes off.
Freddie: Aw, you're teasin'.
Jennie: No, I'm not. I mean it.
Freddie: We've always gone in swimmin' together. Why not now?
Jennie: Teacher says not to.
Freddie: Why?
Jennie: Well, because... because we're not what we used to be.
Freddie: You mean, we're different. How?
Jennie: Naw. We're the same, only you can't see me without my clothes on.
Freddie: How come? I know how you look without your clothes on. I've seen ya lots of times, haven't I?
Jennie: Yes, I know, but now we're grown up and barin'. Teacher says that I shouldn't put bad ideas into your head.
Freddie: Aw, shucks. Now I can't kiss ya no more.
Jennie: Of course you can, silly. Only with my clothes on.
Freddie: Alright, but I wish that teacher would mind her own business.
Jennie: Now don't beg.
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