Girls on the Loose | |
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Directed by | Paul Henreid |
Screenplay by | Alan Friedman Dorothy Raison Allen Rivkin. [1] |
Story by | Alan Friedman Dorothy Raison Julian Harmon |
Produced by | Edward 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 |
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Running time | 78 minutes [2] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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]
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.
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]