With this, I've now seen all the movies The Platters appeared in-Rock Around the Clock, The Girl Can't Help It, Rock All Night, Carnival Rock, and now this one. Another singer that appears is Paul Anka-in fact, this movie has an "Introducing" credit for him but his real first film appearance was in Let's Rock the previous year though this was his first in which he also acts. Unlike The Platters, Anka does not have any dialogue going on during any of his numbers which included his hit "Lonely Boy". He also sang a nice rendition of "Ave Maria". The star is Mamie Van Doren as a woman who's blamed for her ex-boyfriend's murder but she says she wasn't there. Also appearing are Elinor Donahue as her younger sister, Mel Torme as the one who saw the actual murder, and a couple of sons of famous silent comedians-Harold Lloyd Jr. as the one who pays for what he tries to do to whichever woman he was with and Charles Chaplin Jr. as a guy named Joe who announces the rules of a chicken run later in the movie. This is another of Albert Zugsmith's sensationalist movies but it's quite fun to watch and a little touching in spots. So on that note, I recommend Girls Town.
Review of Girls Town
