Teen-Age Crime Wave (1955)

A delinquent girl involves an innocent friend in an armed robbery followed by a jail-break and hostage-taking with her equally delinquent boyfriend.

Director:

Fred F. Sears

Writers:

Ray Buffum (story), Ray Buffum (screenplay),

Stars:

Tommy Cook, Molly McCart, Sue England

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Tommy Cook	...	Mike Denton
Molly McCart	...	Terry Marsh
Sue England	...	Jane Koberly
Frank Griffin	...	Benjamin David 'Ben' Grant
James Bell	...	Thomas Paul Grant
Kay Riehl	...	Sarah Wayne Grant
Guy Kingsford	...	Mr. Koberly
Larry J. Blake	...	State Police Sgt. Connors (as Larry Blake)

Storyline

A propaganda film intended to highlight the growing problem of juvenile crime. Jane Koberly, present during a robbery, is falsely convicted of being an accessory. While being taken with her companion, Terry Marsh, to an industrial school on the week of Thanksgiving, Terry's boyfriend springs them both. With the police hot on their tail, they take over a farmhouse and terrorize the family within (the Grants) while waiting for a co-conspirator to arrive with money and transport. While waiting, the boyfriend becomes more psychotic as Terry starts putting the moves on the Grants's son (to make some kind of point), and Mr. Grant takes solace from the Bible.

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Plot Keywords:

police | robbery | escape | delinquent | fugitive | 

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Taglines:

The shocking drama of today's teenage terror

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Genres:

Crime | Drama

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

November 1955 (USA)

Also Known As:

Jail Bait

Filming Locations:

Griffith Park Observatory, Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Clover Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

77 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Jane Koberly: You're dirt, Terry. He'd never touch you!

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Connections

Referenced in Mystery Science Theatre 3000: Last of the Wild Horses (1994)

User Reviews

This was a Great film in 1955 !

Enjoyed this old time film from the 1950's where Tommy Cook, ( Mike Denton) plays the role of a two-time loser in robbery and his sidekick is Terry Marsh, (Molly McCart) who also has a police record. Mike & Molly commit another robbery and Mike kills a police office while he is escaping and this couple wind up taking over a farm house where an elderly couple live. There is another girl named Jane Koberly,(Sue England) who is a delinquent girl and gets deeply involved with Mike and Molly. Mike continues to shoot and kill people at the farm house and then there is a big shoot out at the historic Griffith Park Observation in Los Angles, California. This is not the greatest of black and white films from the 1950's, but I bet plenty of people enjoyed this film during those years.