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Girls Town is a 1959 film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, starring Mamie Van Doren, Mel Tormé and Ray Anthony; 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 cat-fights, car races, music from Paul 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. Girls Town was lampooned in September 1994 on movie-mocking television series Mystery Science Theater 3000. About 15 minutes of the actual film was cut from this version.
Original Release
10/05/1959
US Release
10/05/1959
Cast
Name | Character |
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Mamie Van Doren | Silver Morgan |
Mel Torme | Fred Alger |
Ray Anthony | Dick Culdane |
Margaret Hayes | Mother Veronica / Mother Veronica (as Maggie Hayes) |
Paul Anka | Jimmy Parlow |
Cathy Crosby | Singer |
Gigi Perreau | Serafina Garcia |
Elinor Donahue | Mary Lee Morgan |
Gloria Talbott | Vida |
Sheilah Graham | Sister Grace |
Directors
Writers
Robert Hardy Andrews, Robert Smith
Cast
Name | Character |
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Mamie Van Doren | Silver Morgan |
Mel Torme | Fred Alger |
Ray Anthony | Dick Culdane |
Margaret Hayes | Mother Veronica / Mother Veronica (as Maggie Hayes) |
Paul Anka | Jimmy Parlow |
Cathy Crosby | Singer |
Gigi Perreau | Serafina Garcia |
Elinor Donahue | Mary Lee Morgan |
Gloria Talbott | Vida |
Sheilah Graham | Sister Grace |
James Mitchum | Charley Boy |
Dick Contino | Stan Joyce |
Harold Lloyd Jr. | Chip Gardner |
Charles Chaplin Jr. | Joe Cates |
The Platters | The Platters |
Peggy Moffitt | Flo |
Peter Leeds | Michael Clyde |
Norman Grabowski | Skin / Skin (as Grabowski) |
Jody Fair | Gloria Barker |
Nan Peterson | Carhop |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Albert Zugsmith | Producer |