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The Violent Years (1956)

The Violent Years poster
Directed by
William Morgan
Genre
drama film, crime film, exploitation film, teen film
Country
United States
Runtime
57 min
Rating
4.4 of 10 from 41 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A teenage girl leads a gang of high school delinquents in a series of crimes. The film follows her as she rebels against authority and engages in destructive acts.

melodramaticdatedsensationalistcampystiltedexploitativegrim

What happens

The Violent Years is a 1956 American exploitation film directed by William Morgan and starring Playboy Playmate Jean Moorhead as Paula Parkins, the leader of a gang of juvenile delinquent high school girls. The film is notable for having an uncredited Ed Wood as the author of its screenplay. It was released in 1956 on a double bill with the reissued 1954 German import Conchita and the Engineer (a.k.a. Macumba). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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