Juvenile delinquency
was not an exclusively male phenomenon and the 50s saw a wave of films that
featured 'bad girls'. These depicted the usual mix of teen rebellion,
lawlessness and sex, but with reckless females as the protagonists. From the
'shock by shock' confessions of the Sorority Girl to the 'jailbait' Runaway Daughters,
the exploitation industry emphasized the perils of letting bad girls out on the
loose. Hugo Haas (1901 - 1968) was the acknowledged master of bad 'bad girl'
flicks. His sensationalist bad girl flicks followed the typical 'B' movie
model. All his plots unfolded with the same general storyline: a lonely, middle-aged
man is seduced by a sexy blonde with a bad reputation.
Classieux, really ! ;)
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