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Girls Town

  • 1959
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
3.9/10
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Paul Anka and Mamie Van Doren in Girls Town (1959)
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Silver is a troubled teenage girl sent to a Catholic reform school, where she has trouble fitting in.Silver is a troubled teenage girl sent to a Catholic reform school, where she has trouble fitting in.Silver is a troubled teenage girl sent to a Catholic reform school, where she has trouble fitting in.

  • Director
    • Charles F. Haas
  • Writers
    • Robert Hardy Andrews
    • Robert Smith
  • Stars
    • Mamie Van Doren
    • Mel Tormé
    • Ray Anthony
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    3.9/10
    1.1K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Charles F. Haas
    • Writers
      • Robert Hardy Andrews
      • Robert Smith
    • Stars
      • Mamie Van Doren
      • Mel Tormé
      • Ray Anthony
    • 23User reviews
    • 13Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro

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    Top Cast46

    Mamie Van Doren
    Mamie Van Doren
    • Silver Morgan
    Mel Tormé
    Mel Tormé
    • Fred Alger
    • (as Mel Torme)
    Ray Anthony
    Ray Anthony
    • Dick Culdane
    Margaret Hayes
    Margaret Hayes
    • Mother Veronica
    • (as Maggie Hayes)
    Paul Anka
    Paul Anka
    • Jimmy Parlow
    Cathy Crosby
    Cathy Crosby
    • Singer
    Gigi Perreau
    Gigi Perreau
    • Serafina Garcia
    Elinor Donahue
    Elinor Donahue
    • Mary Lee Morgan
    Gloria Talbott
    Gloria Talbott
    • Vida
    Sheilah Graham
    Sheilah Graham
    • Sister Grace
    James Mitchum
    James Mitchum
    • Charley Boy
    • (as Jim Mitchum)
    Dick Contino
    • Stan Joyce
    Harold Lloyd Jr.
    • Chip Gardner
    Charles Chaplin Jr.
    Charles Chaplin Jr.
    • Joe Cates
    The Platters
    The Platters
    • The Platters
    Peggy Moffitt
    Peggy Moffitt
    • Flo
    Peter Leeds
    Peter Leeds
    • Michael Clyde
    Norman Grabowski
    Norman Grabowski
    • Skin
    • (as Grabowski)
    • Director
      • Charles F. Haas
    • Writers
      • Robert Hardy Andrews
      • Robert Smith
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    • Trivia
      Mammie Van Doren filmed a shower scene where she sang a song Paul Anka wrote, but Cardinal Spellman and the Catholic Church didn't approve of it, so MGM had to cut the scene out. "I guess bad girls don't take showers," Van Doren said in an interview.
    • Goofs
      Obvious dummies in Stan's car as it runs up the embankment and crashes during the chicken scene.
    • Quotes
      • Stan Joyce: [as the Dragon and Jaguar gangs square off] You cats lookin' for a rumble?
      • Fred Alger: We're lookin' for Silver Morgan.
      • Silver Morgan: [Steps out] You found her.
      • Fred Alger: You had a date with Chip tonight.
      • Silver Morgan: So what?
      • Fred Alger: You drove out to the cave with him.
      • Silver Morgan: Guess again, flea brain. I stood him up.
      • Fred Alger: Why?
      • Silver Morgan: I got tired of you cats with the fast cars and the slow heads. You give me a pain in the ears.
      • Stan Joyce: That's tellin' him, chick.
      • Fred Alger: Is this your lipstick, baby?
      • Silver Morgan: Where did you get it?
      • Fred Alger: Chip's dead.
      • Silver Morgan: Dead?
      • Fred Alger: Yeah, dead.
      • Silver Morgan: I always told him he drove that Jag real crazy.
      • Stan Joyce: Wait a minute. How did it happen?
      • Fred Alger: He went over a cliff but not in his Jag. Silver here must have pushed him.
      • Silver Morgan: You're in queersville, man. You've flipped.
      • Fred Alger: What are you givin' me, baby? I saw you runnin' away over an hour ago.
      • Fred Alger, Stan Joyce: You're nuts. The chick' been here all the time since this crazy weenie roast began So, uh, why don't you guys get in your little cars and blow?
      • Fred Alger: Yeah, sure.
      • [Grabs Silver]
      • Fred Alger: C'mon baby, you're blowin' with us.
      • Silver Morgan: [Wrests away from him] Ha! Ha! Ha!
      • Charley Boy: Hey, man. Have some suds?
      • [He splashes Fred with beer and all the Dragons laugh]
      • Fred Alger: [Angry] It's on.
      • [the two gangs get into a rumble]
    • Alternate versions
      Some prints are missing a censored 1:51 minute scene of the star singing while taking a shower, provocatively photographed through an opaque shower door. The scene can be found online through a key word search: "Mamie Van Doren Hey Mama".
    • Connections
      Featured in Hollywood Uncensored (1987)
    • Soundtracks
      Girls Town
      Music and lyrics by Paul Anka
      Sung by Paul Anka and Mamie Van Doren (uncredited)
      Opening and closing credits

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    Details

    • Release date
      • October 5, 1959 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Niñas sin hogar
    • Production company
      • Albert Zugsmith Productions
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    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 1h 30m(90 min)
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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