Girls Town (1959)
October 5, 1959Release Date
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Mamie Van Doren
Silver Morgan
Mel Tormé
Fred Alger
Ray Anthony
Dick Culdane
Margaret Hayes
Mother Veronica
Paul Anka
Jimmy Parlow
Charles F. Haas
Director
Cathy Crosby
Singer
Robert Hardy Andrews
Writer
Gigi Perreau
Serafina Garcia
Robert Smith
Writer
Elinor Donahue
Mary Lee Morgan
Albert Zugsmith
Producer
Gloria Talbott
Vida
Van Alexander
Composer
Sheilah Graham
Sister Grace
John L. Russell
Cinematographer
James Mitchum
Charley Boy
Dick Contino
Stan Joyce
Harold Lloyd Jr.
Chip Gardner
Charles Chaplin, Jr.
Joe Cates
Peggy Moffitt
Flo
Peter Leeds
Michael Clyde
Norman Grabowski
Skin (as Grabowski)
Jody Fair
Gloria Barker
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Girls Town is a 1959 American drama film directed by Charles F. Haas and starring Mamie Van Doren, Mel Tormé, and Ray Anthony. produced by It was produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Paul Anka also appears in his first acting role. Van Doren stars as a juvenile delinquent who is sent to a girls' school run by nuns, where she finds herself unable to help her sister. The film capitalizes on the 1950s rebellious-teen exploitation films, with catfights, car races, music from Anka and The Platters, and sexy outfits.
The supporting cast includes the offspring of two major silent cinema stars: Charles Chaplin, Jr. and Harold Lloyd Jr. Also featured is James Mitchum (son of Robert Mitchum) and (as a nun) gossip columnist Sheilah Graham.
Girls Town was lampooned in July 1994 on movie-mocking television series Mystery Science Theater 3000. About 15 minutes of the actual film were cut from this version.