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also acted in the film. A year after making it she said: "I would just as soon forget the whole thing. In the first five minutes of the picture it was established that I was a good girl, being pushed into being a bad girl. The rest of the picture I spent doing practically nothing but crying and
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The movie opens with a young woman fending off an attempted rape. In the process, the would-be rapist accidentally falls off a cliff to his death. Circumstantial evidence places 16-year-old delinquent Silver (played by a 27-year-old Van Doren) at the scene, and she is sent to Girls Town, a
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imposed the removal of the scene in which Silver is showering while singing "Hey Mama" because it was considered to be offensive to decency. The official document number is: 32004, it was signed on 1 June 1960 by Minister
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Database of the documents produced by the Committee for the Theatrical Review of The Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities, from 1944 to 2000.
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According to MGM records, the film earned $ 375,000 in the US and Canada and $ 500,000 elsewhere, resulting in a loss of $ 65,000.
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A subplot involves delusional Serafina believing famous teen idol Jimmy (Anka) is in love with her. During the film, he sings "
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to sell her into the slave trade. Silver finally wins the respect of her Girls Town friends, and finally they rescue Mary Lee.
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Season 11 Kickstarter backers. Writer Jim Vorel ranked the episode much higher, placing it at number 20 (out of 191 total
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episodes). Vorel laughs at the casting of Mel Torme as the movie's antagonist, although he appreciates Mamie Van Doren's
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The episode was ranked number 72 on the Top 100 list of episodes as voted upon by
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saying, 'Help me, help me!' It was fun making it, but it was an awful picture."
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rehabilitation village run by a group of nuns. There, she lives with Serafina (
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in November 21, 2017. The other episodes in the four-disc set include
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Vorel, Jim. Paste Magazine. April 13, 2017. Retrieved on 2018-07-10
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The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Amazing Colossal Episode Guide
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was lampooned in July 1994 on movie-mocking television series
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also appears in his first acting role. Van Doren stars as a
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The supporting cast includes the offspring of two major
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Bring Back Mystery Science Theater 3000 Update #41.
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Index


Charles F. Haas
Robert Hardy Andrews
Albert Zugsmith
Mamie Van Doren
Mel Tormé
Ray Anthony
Maggie Hayes
Paul Anka
Gigi Perreau
Elinor Donahue
Gloria Talbott
Sheilah Graham
Jim Mitchum
Dick Contino
Harold Lloyd Jr.
Charles Chaplin Jr.
The Platters
Leon Barsha
Van Alexander
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
drama film
Charles F. Haas
Mamie Van Doren
Mel Tormé
Ray Anthony
Paul Anka
juvenile delinquent
nuns
exploitation films

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