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Untamed Youth (1957)

Untamed Youth poster
Directed by
Howard W. Koch
Genre
drama film, prison film, exploitation film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 20m
Rated
NR
Rating
4.1 of 10 from 30 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two sisters are sent to a labor camp where they face harsh conditions and a corrupt system. The story follows their struggle to survive and escape while dealing with the local hoodlums and authorities.

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What happens

Untamed Youth is a 1957 American teen film directed by Howard W. Koch, written by John C. Higgins and Stephen Longstreet and starring Mamie Van Doren and Lori Nelson as starstruck sisters who are sentenced to farm labor. Eddie Cochran acts in the film and sings the song "Cotton Picker". The music was composed by Les Baxter. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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