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Information
- A.k.a.
- Wild for Kicks
- Year
- 1960
- Runtime
- 89 min.
- Director
- Edmond T. Gréville
- Genre
- Drama
- Rating *
- 6.5
- Votes *
- 450
- Checks
- 112
- Favs
- 5
- Dislikes
- 2
- Favs/checks
- 4.5% (1:22)
- Favs/dislikes
- 3:1
Top comments
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Siskoid
The wicked stepmother trope is an old one, but Beat Girl is about a wicked stepDAUGHTER! Though the other beatnik kids are treated with some sympathy, Jennifer (Gillian Hills) is a dreadful girl, rebelling without a cause you might say, and hungry to tell her new stepmother's dark secrets to dear old dad. Thing is, stepmom (Noëlle Adam) is really trying her best and doesn't deserve this treatment. Jennifer condemns her for things she wouldn't deny herself - enter Christopher Lee as a sleazy club owner. Let's just say the film's opinion of "today's kids" is a low one and that Jennifer is heading for a reckoning. Along the way, we'll get a bit of gratuitous T&A and a bunch of musical numbers, with actual British teen idol Adam Faith shaking a guitar so it magically plays (really, this movie has the most ridiculous non-synchronization of music to onscreen musical instruments), though I can't fault the cool bopping sounds of John Barry - probably the best thing about the movie. 60s trash, but fun and a lot better than the American side's silly Beach movie rip-offs (and some Beach movies too). 2 years 6 months ago -
