Reform School Girl (1957)

A young man steals a car and ends up involved in a pedestrian fatality. The only witness is a girl he had just met. He threatens her life if she talks, so when she refuses to tell what she knows she is sent to reform school.

Director:

Edward Bernds

Writer:

Edward Bernds

Stars:

Gloria Castillo, Ross Ford, Edd Byrnes

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Gloria Castillo	...	Donna Price
Ross Ford	...	David Lindsay
Edd Byrnes	...	Vince (as Edward Byrnes)
Ralph Reed	...	Jackie Dodd
Jan Englund	...	Ruth
Yvette Vickers	...	Roxy
Helen Wallace	...	Mrs. Trimble
Donna Jo Gribble	...	Cathy Durand
Luana Anders	...	Josie Brigg
Diana Darrin	...	Mona
Nesdon Booth	...	Deetz
Wayne Taylor	...	Gary Metusek
Sharon Lee	...	Blonde
Jack Kruschen	...	Mr. Horvath
Linda Rivera	...	Elena Hernandez

Storyline

A young man steals a car and ends up involved in a pedestrian fatality. The only witness is a girl he had just met. He threatens her life if she talks, so when she refuses to tell what she knows she is sent to reform school.

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Plot Keywords:

teensploitation | women in prison | psychotronic film | camp | wrongfully accused | 

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Taglines:

A white hot story of a good girl in a bad world!

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Genres:

Crime | Drama

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Did You Know?

Trivia

Sally Kellerman and Luana Anders become very close during filming, and remained inseparable until Anders' death.

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Quotes

Jacky: If there's anything I like better on a hot day, it's a cool chick!

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Connections

Referenced in Adjust Your Tracking (2013)

User Reviews

Not bad at all.

I expected a really bad film. The cheesy photograph in the cover of the DVD package didn't announce any great findings. Obviously, the film is low-budget, but this time it didn't equal with terribly bad.

I liked the script. The film had good rhythm, the characters were either extremely good or bad, the action was interesting, there were touches at the psychology of the girls... Many scenes take place at the reform school, but Donna's flat, the courtroom, the flat of Vince's girlfriend, there is even a very short scene at the workplace of the aunt's boyfriend... make it more varied for my taste. I also liked outdoors scenes: the run-over, Vince asking for directions when he's after Jack... I liked them because I don't usually appreciate films which look like theatre plays and all the action happens in just one location.

It's an interesting and probably an underestimated film, which in fact I liked. I didn't know the director, the script-writer, the main actress (Gloria del Castillo, which sadly didn't have much success in Hollywood), but some other actresses would become well-known with time, Luana Anders and especially Sally Kellerman. Maybe they are not at their best here, because they were just beginning their careers, and they'd become much better but everybody has to begin somewhere, and this was a flick to be proud of.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

August 1957 (USA)

Also Known As:

Mannstoll und gefährlich

Company Credits

Production Co:

Carmel Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

71 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1