The Girl in Lovers Lane (1960)

Two drifters contend with love and murder in a small town.

Director:

Charles R. Rondeau

Writer:

Jo Heims (screenplay)

Stars:

Brett Halsey, Joyce Meadows, Lowell Brown

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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

Storyline

Danny, son of a wealthy family, is running away from home. He meets Bix, a long-time drifter, who agrees to "mentor" Danny. Danny's naivete leads him to commit gaffe after gaffe, leaving Bix to straighten things out. But when they stop in a diner in the next town, Bix finds himself attracted to the waitress, Carrie, and is forced to reexamine his whole drifting career. Meanwhile, Jesse (Jack Elam) goes around creeping everyone out.

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Plot Keywords:

drifter | mob | homoeroticism | brothel | vagabond | 

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Taglines:

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

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Romance

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 June 1960 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Young and the Damned

Filming Locations:

California Studios - 5530 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Robert Roark Productions, Brigadier Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

78 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Did You Know?

Goofs

When Danny rides in the truck to go after Blix, it briefly changes from a Dodge cab-over-engine type truck from the 1940's to a mid-1950's Dodge medium-duty C-Series conventional truck.

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Quotes

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

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Connections

Referenced in Mau Mau Sex Sex (2001)

User Reviews

People Are Too Hard On It

Like probably 90% of the people writing reviews for this movie, I saw this on "Mystery Science Theater 3000." Joel and the bots did an excellent job of riffing on this movie, and I thought that it was one of the funnier episodes.

This being said, however, this wasn't a particularly horrible movie. Especially compared to some of films they ran on MST3K.

It had it's weaknesses: the movie had about zero budget and so things like the costumes and set design were horrible. The plot, also, digressed in spots. On the whole, though, the acting was competent and the story held my interest. I actually found myself caring about the characters.

It wasn't a perfect movie, but it was nowhere near as bad as the usual MST3k fare such as "Giant Gila Monster" and "Manos Hand of Fate." As such, it doesn't really deserve to be mocked as much as it has been. It was a B-Movie from the 50s, but it was a watchable one.