Plot

"One Way Ticket to Hell" (aka "Teenage Devil Dolls") is a 1955 drama with Cassandra, who falls in with the wrong crowd in high school. Her home life is not great, and she turns to a group of delinquent bikers to escape.

Cassandra falls in with the wrong crowd in high school. Her home life is not great, and she turns to a group of delinquent bikers to escape. Before long she's doing drugs and failing her classes until she has no chance of getting in to college. She marries her devoted, clueless high-school sweetheart Johnny, but soon grows desperate for more drugs and falls into her old habits. The police try to help her out of her dilemma and take action against the increasing drug traffic, but have only mixed results in both pursuits.—Ed Sutton <esutton@mindspring.com>

Cassandra Leigh, a product of a broken home, joins a motorcycle gang and adopts heir habit of smoking marijuana cigarettes so they'll accept her. After just barely graduating from high school, she breaks with the gang and marries her childhood sweetheart, but is unhappy and resumes her association to the gang and marijuana smoking. This leads to stronger drugs and she obtains sleeping barbiturates. Her husband finds her in a stupor; as he calls a doctor, she attempts to drive away but crashes the car. After a brief hospital stay, she is released into the custody of her mother and husband and is sent to a convalescent home. She and another girl run away and start selling dope. A competitor grabs them and they work for him selling dope to teenagers, and Cassandra goes back to using drugs herself. The police close in and she and two Mexican boys steal a car and head for the Mexican border. A police road-block forces them to abandon the car and hide out in the desert. But when they suffer from narcotics withdrawal, they give themselves up to the police.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>

Product of a broken home and much-married mother, Cassandra Leigh (Barbara Marks) resents her mother's, Mrs. Leigh (Lucille Price) unnatural dominance and her own self-interest. Because of the lack of love, Cassandra, emotionally upset, joins a gang of motorcyclists. Enjoing herself immensely for the first time and wanting to belong, she innocently joins her new-found friends in smoking marijuana. Realizing that she must break all ties with this evil, she decides to marry her childhood sweetheart Johnny Adams (Robert Norman), who is deeply in love with her and knows nothing about her venture into dope. After a brief home-life as a married woman, Cassandra begins to feel bored and her husband, sensing this, brings her a dog as a gift. With her mind occupied once again, she seems quite happy until one day, one of her motorcycle friends passes the house. Remembering all the fun she had prior to her marriage, she joins the gang once again and takes up the smoking habit. In deep this time, she must get stronger drugs to satisfy her cravings, so she forges a number of prescriptions to obtain sleeping barbiturates. Her husband, Johnny Adams, notices the empty bottles and also that a number of these prescritions were filled within one week. He immediately realizes that his wife is a dope-addict and begins to search for her. He finds her at the rear of the house in a state of convulsion, writhing on the ground, ready to commit suicide. He half drags, half carries her to the house and leaves her for a moment to call the doctor. She drags herself to the car, starts it and speeds out of the driveway into the path of an oncoming vehicle, crashing into it. After a brief spell in the hospital, she is released to the custody of her mother and stepfather Mr. Leigh (Bam Price, Sr.) as her husband cannot care for her because of his work. Her parents and husband, not realizing how deep Cassandra had become involved in the dope habit, send her to a convalescent home which does not cater to dope addicts. While in the home, one of her girl friends smuggles in dope and keeps her well- supplied. She runs away from this home, and with her girlfriend Margo Rossi (Elaine Lindenbaum) begins to sell dope to other addicts. They do a thriving business as the novelty of buying from girls grows and they soon feel the wrath of the king pusher, Sven Bergman (Joel Climenhaga) who is losing business. He kidnaps the girls and forces them into the needle habit which is the ultimate in dope addiction. They are now 100% confirmed dope addicts and make their living by setting up shop for teen-agers, or anyone who will buy. The police are hot on their trail and entire city goes under wraps because of a crackdown by the narcotics officers . With no dope around, the addicts become raving maniacs and many die on the streets. With no money and dope in her possession, Cassandra makes friends with two Mexican boys who plan to steal a car and drive it accross the border to sell for dope. She keeps the attenedent busy while her two accomplices drive off with the stolen care and pick her up at prearranged spot. The police are on their trial and the chase is on accross the desert. Road blocks are set up and the teenagers abandon their car and hide out in the desert. Not having any dope, they go into heroin withdrawals and are forced to give themselves up, all except the ring-leader Cholo Martinez (Bamlet L. Price, Jr.) who escapes. When the girl is transported to prison he is caught when he attempts to follow and possibly aid her escape.