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School for Unclaimed Girls ()

The Smashing Bird I Used to Know (original title)
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A traumatized and troubled teenager is sent to an all-girls detention home where she strikes up an unlikely friendship with a fellow inmate.
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Madeleine Hinde ...
Nicki Johnson (as Madeline Hinde)
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Anne Johnson (as Renee Asherson)
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Peter
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Harry Spenton
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Dr. Sands
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Susan
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Richard Johnson
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Sarah
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Geoffrey
Colette O'Neil ...
Miss Waldron
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Matron
Cleo Sylvestre ...
Carlien
Valerie M. Ford ...
Muriel (as Valerie Wallace)
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Diana (as Lesley Downs)
Michelle Cook ...
Jane
Tania ...
Trixie
Carol Rachell ...
Jean
Cherith Mellor ...
Cherry
Cynthia Lund ...
Nicki Johnson - Age 9
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Young Man (as Douglas Fisher)
Sheila Steafel ...
Young Woman
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Amanda
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Woman in Ward
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Schoolgirl
Heller Toren ...
Riding Instructress (as Heller Torren)

Directed by

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Robert Hartford-Davis

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John Peacock ... (screenplay) &
Robert Hartford-Davis ... (screenplay)

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Michael Holden ... executive producer
Peter Newbrook ... producer

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Robert Richards ... (as Bobby Richards)

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Peter Newbrook ... director of photography

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Don Deacon

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Maxine Julius ... assistant editor

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Bruce Grimes

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Ann Fordyce ... hairdresser
George Partleton ... makeup artist

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Robert Sterne ... in charge of production

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Ken Softley ... assistant director
Peter Cotton ... third assistant director (uncredited)

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Hazel Peiser ... set dresser (uncredited)

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Gordon Davie ... sound editor
Claude Hitchcock ... sound recordist
Nolan Roberts ... sound recordist
Tony Dawe ... additional sound mixer (uncredited)

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Kenneth J. Withers ... camera operator (as Ken Withers)

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Martin Greene ... wardrobe: men (as Martin Green of London)
Ricki Reed ... clothes: Madeleine Hinde

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Robert Richards ... conductor (as Bobby Richards)

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Michael Holden ... production executive
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Plot Summary

Nicki believes she caused her father's death. Her mother's new knight in shining armour is actually the flame that relights Nicki's nightmare from hell. She is then sent to a school for troubled girls where it is hoped she will receive the help she needs to move forward.

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Taglines A Perfumed Zoo For Teenage She-Cats! See more »
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Also Known As
  • House of Unclaimed Women (United Kingdom)
  • Girls of Shame (Hong Kong, English title)
  • School for Unclaimed Girls (United States)
  • Hell House Girls (United States)
  • School for Unclaimed Girls (Canada, English title)
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  • 95 min
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Trivia Madeleine Hinde receives an "introducing" credit. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Episode #1.7 (1994). See more »
Quotes Dr. Sands: Let me ask you about Harry Spenton. Did you resent his attentions to your mother?
Nicki Johnson: Yes.
Dr. Sands: You're a very pretty girl. He obviously could see that. Were you alone with him often? Did he make a pass at you?
Nicki Johnson: He tried...
Dr. Sands: Tried what?
Nicki Johnson: He came after me... and he put his hands all over me.
Dr. Sands: You mean he tried to make love to you?
Nicki Johnson: Do you call that love?
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