Girls in the Night (1953)
Directed by Jack Arnold
Genres - Drama, Thriller |
Sub-Genres - Juvenile Delinquency Film |
Release Date - Jan 15, 1953 (USA - Unknown), Jan 15, 1953 (USA) |
Run Time - 83 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
Juvenile delinquency is the subject of the misleadingly titled Universal-International potboiler Girls in the Night. Patricia Hardy plays Hannah Haynes, the sister of good-boy-gone-bad Chuck Haynes (Harvey Lembeck). When Chuck ends up facing a murder charge, Hannah takes decisive action. She goes after crime boss Irv Kelleher (Don Gordon), risking life and limb in the process. Top-billed Joyce Holden plays Hannah's best friend, who helps cook up a scheme to entrap Kelleher. Glenda Farrell delivers the film's best performance as Chuck and Hannah's careworn mother. Ironically, Girls in the Night co-star Harvey Lembeck would go on to play one of the most lovable "j.d."s in screen history: Eric Von Zipper in the "Beach Party" series of the 1960s.
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against-all-odds, crime-lord, entrapment, false-accusation, family-strife, investigation, juvenile-crime