Beat Girl (1960)

Directed by

Edmond T. Gréville

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 29m

Rated

18

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 36 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A teenage girl in London rebels against her strict father and stepmother by hanging out with beatniks and going to strip clubs. She gets drawn into a dangerous world of adult corruption and violence.

tenserebelliousstylishdatedmelodramaticprovocativegritty

What happens

Beat Girl is a 1960 British teen exploitation drama film directed by Edmond T. Gréville. The film was released in the United States under the title Wild for Kicks. The title character of Beat Girl was played by starlet Gillian Hills, who later went on to have numerous small roles in 1960s and 1970s films, such as Blowup (1966) and A Clockwork Orange (1971), and became a successful yé-yé singer in France. Beat Girl marked the first film roles of British pop idol Adam Faith and actor Peter McEnery, although it was not released until after other films featuring Faith (Never Let Go (1960)) and McEnery (Tunes of Glory (1960)) had already come out. The film also features Christopher Lee and Nigel Green as strip joint operators, and Oliver Reed in a small role as one of the "beat" youth. The original music was composer John Barry's first film commission, and was performed by the John Barry Seven and Orchestra, Adam Faith, and Shirley Anne Field. The Beat Girl soundtrack was the first British soundtrack to be released on a vinyl LP. It reached number 11 on the UK Albums Chart, paving the way for the release of other film soundtrack albums. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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