The Girl in Lovers Lane (1959)

Director:

Charles R. Rondeau

Writer:

Jo Heims (writer)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

Too Young to Know...Too Reckless to Care...

Plot:

Danny, son of a wealthy family, is running away from home. He meets Bix, a long-time drifter, who agrees to "mentor" Danny...

Plot Keywords:

Drifter | Vagabond | B Movie | Wallet | Brothel

Cast

Brett Halsey	...	Bix Dugan
Joyce Meadows	...	Carrie Anders
Lowell Brown	...	Danny Winslow
Jack Elam	...	Jesse
Selette Cole	...	Peggy
Bill Coontz	...	Bill Coontz (as William Coontz)
Emile Meyer	...	Cal Anders
Andy Paris
Spencer Carlisle
Joe Kelsey
Mabel Rea
Bert Rumsey
Sed Cassaday
Del Monroe	...	Mugger in Train Yard
Nicholas King

Also Known As:

The Young and the Damned (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

78 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Unrated

Company:

Robert Roark Productions

Quotes:

Carrie Anders: Pa doesn't know much about girls' clothes.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Girl in Lovers' Lane (#6.9)" (1993)

MST3K Version: One of the Funniest Episodes Ever

A young man, named Danny, has run away from home and meets a drifter, named Bix, who agrees to tag along with Danny and watch out for him... and his money. They end up in a small town where they meet Carrie - a shy, naive girl working in her father's diner. Bix starts seeing Carrie but he plans on leaving soon (because he's a drifter, see? He's no good! Understand?). Meanwhile, the town creep, Jesse (played by a perfectly casted Jack Elam), keeps showing up at the diner and bothering Carrie. Danny keeps inadvertently picking up whores left and right (because he's loaded with money – he has almost a hundred dollars!) whom Bix has to constantly chase away (there are a lot of ambiguously gay overtones between Danny and Bix in this flick). Eventually, Bix and Danny decide to leave town but trouble is a-brewing, due to Jesse the creep.

My review of the movie itself: a terrible, dated "Troubled Youth" flick from the '50s.

My review of the MST3K version of the movie: I've got to say that this is one of the best episodes of MST3K ever. The riffing is dead-on, all the time. Except for the somewhat downbeat ending, this movie is easy material for Joel and the Bots, especially Danny's constant screw-ups that Bix has to rescue him from. The host segments are pretty good too, especially the segment with the `Train Song.' Hopefully, Rhino releases this episode to home video one day.