Girls on the Loose

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Girls on the Loose
Girls on the Loose.jpg
Directed by Paul Henreid
Screenplay byAlan Friedman
Dorothy Raison
Allen Rivkin. [1]
Story byAlan Friedman
Dorothy Raison
Julian Harmon
Produced byEdward B. Barison
Richard Kay
Harry Rybnick
Starring Mara Corday
Lita Milan
Barbara Bostock
Mark Richman
Cinematography Philip Lathrop
Edited by Edward Curtiss
Production
company
Jewell Enterprises
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date
  • April 1958 (1958-04)
Running time
78 minutes [2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Girls on the Loose is a 1958 American crime film noir directed by Paul Henreid and starring Mara Corday, Lita Milan and Barbara Bostock. [3]

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Plot

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Drive-in advertisement from 1958

Vera (Mara Corday) runs a nightclub that's really a front for her secret operation: an all-female crime ring that's been pulling off heist after heist. The gang does a major job with the help of Agnes (Abby Dalton), a new recruit and insider with access to a bank's payroll. But then the nervous Agnes threatens to squeal, so Vera has her rubbed out. And when Vera's good-girl sister, Helen (Barbara Bostock), starts dating suspicious policeman Bill (Mark Richman), Vera gets cutthroat.

Cast

Reception

Writing for Turner Classic Movies, critic Nathaniel Thompson described the film as a "low-budget oddity" that is "a proud member [of] the girl gang genre," but which is "elevated by a strong, provocative lead bad girl in the form of Corday." [4]

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References

  1. "Girls on the Loose (1958) - Full Credits - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies.
  2. "Girls on the Loose". IMDb . April 1958. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  3. "Girls on the Loose (1958) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  4. Thompson, Nathaniel. "Girls on the Loose (1958)". TCM. Turner Classic Movies Inc. Retrieved 2022-09-06.