Girls Town (1959 Film)
''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 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. Plot The movie opens with a young woman fending off an attempted rape. In the process, the would-be rapist accidentally falls off a cliff to hi ...
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