Reform School Girl
The coverline proclaims this to be "a shocking true story of
delinquent girls!"
The coverline proclaims this to be "a shocking true story of delinquent girls!" but this budget-priced DVD release is a pretty mild-mannered, mildly entertaining tale of deviation, a quickie '50s exploitation pic from the stable of Samuel Z. Arkoff that promises more spice than it delivers. Gloria Castillo is sassy but sensitive 19-year-old Donna, who escapes the attentions of her aunt's leering boyfriend, only to discover that she's got mixed up with a very undesirable sort, a car thief and a hit-and-run driver to boot. She takes the rap for his crime when he threatens her. And even in reform school, he's still a menacing figure. When Donna appears to have things back on track, he sets her up. Luana Anders, an actress with an interesting subsequent career, makes her screen debut as Gloria's nemesis, and Edward Byrnes (who played comb-wielding heart-throb Kookie in the TV series 77 Sunset Strip) is the bad boy: but the memorable element of the film is something we don't see enough of: those tough-talking reform-school girls with their cinch-waisted full skirts and don't-mess-with-me expressions.
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