Kitten with a Whip (1964)

User Rating:

3.7/10   

Director:

Douglas Heyes

Writers:

Douglas Heyes (screenplay)
H. William Miller (novel)

Release Date:

15 January 1965 (West Germany)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Action | Thriller

Tagline:

She's all out for kicks... and every inch of her spells excitement!

Plot:

Jody (Ann-Margret), a juvenile delinquent, escapes from reform school by stabbing a matron and attempting...

Plot Keywords:

Politician | Juvenile Delinquent | Juvenile | Femme Fatale | Automobile Accident

Cast

Ann-Margret	...	Jody Dvorak
John Forsythe	...	David Stratton
Peter Brown	...	Ron
Patricia Barry	...	Vera
Richard Anderson	...	Grant
Skip Ward	...	Buck Vogel (as James Ward)
Diane Sayer	...	Midge
Ann Doran	...	Mavis Varden
Patrick Whyte	...	Phillip Varden
Audrey Dalton	...	Virginia Stratton
Leo Gordon	...	Sgt. Enders
Patricia Tiara	...	Striptease Dancer
Nora Marlowe	...	Clara
Frances Robinson	...	Martha
Maxine Stuart	...	Peggy

Runtime:

82 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:(Banned) | West Germany:18

Filming Locations:

Universal City, California, USA

Company:

Universal Pictures

Trivia:

This film is listed among The 100 Most Amusingly Bad Movies Ever Made in Golden Raspberry Award founder John Wilson's book THE OFFICIAL RAZZIE® MOVIE GUIDE.

Goofs:

Continuity: The couch and tables between the stairs to the "upstairs" landing keep changing position. Sometimes it's closer to the left stairs and sometimes closer to the right.

Quotes:

[David is in a clothing shop buying clothes for Jody]
Saleslady: Why, David, I thought I'd never find you in ladies' underwear.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1 (1999) (TV)

cult classic about extreme characters in real life situation

Usually a good movie needs to take believable characters into an unbelievable situation. This film is slightly different. In true cult style, it crosses barriers. The situation is real, and lived out every day. It about a man who tries to do the right thing, and live by a code, but is taken advantage of by people who are intent on taking advantage of him just for the thrill of it.

Unfortunately, that describes most of what America has become since the making of this movie. The man who is taken advantage of is too much of an American aristocrat to really be in danger. As shown in the film, he has many friends, and many assets, and he will not be soiled in the end.

By this, the film shows that had the man not been so well regarded and a part of the "establishment", he would have been in dire straits.

And it is true, that America has become a place where vicious thugs (from wealthy families), act out aggressions and seek thrills of hurting others, and creating terrifying situations , not out of a need for survival or paying the rent, but just out of a sick desire.