, 1h33 Directed byCharles F. Haas OriginUSA GenresThriller, Noir, Crime ActorsSteve Cochran, Mamie Van Doren, Ray Danton, Fay Spain, Margaret Hayes, Jackie Coogan Roles Singing Beatnik Rating55% In the opening scene, a "beatnik" named Stan Hess (Ray Danton) sits at a table in a coffee house with a woman who begs him for his affection. He scorns her, then encounters his father at another table, who announces his engagement to a younger woman who had also pursued Stan. He insults his stepmother-to-be and departs. Hess is established as a woman-hating habitué of a stereotyped and sensationalized beatnik scene.
, 1h30 Directed byCharles F. Haas OriginUSA GenresDrama ThemesFilms about music and musicians, Musical films ActorsMamie Van Doren, Mel Tormé, Elinor Donahue, Ray Anthony, Gloria Talbott, Paul Anka Roles Stan Joyce Rating38% 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 rehabilitation village run by a group of nuns. There she lives with Serafina (Gigi Perreau) and some tough chicks. Trouble and misunderstandings ensue. Troublemaker Fred (Tormé) saw the cliff incident from a distance and realizes it was actually Silver's sister, Mary Lee (Elinor Donahue), who was there. Fred blackmails Mary Lee into being his partner in deadly "hands-off drag racing," then prepares to take her to Tijuana to sell her into the slave trade.
, 1h14 OriginUSA GenresDrama, Crime ThemesFilms about music and musicians, Musical films ActorsDick Contino, Bruno VeSota, Sandra Giles, Hank Mann Roles Philip "Daddy-O" Sandifer Rating27% Hotshot street-racer Phil Sandifer (Contino) is working as a truck driver when he is harassed by a sports car driving on the highway. He later meets up with the driver, Jana (Giles), in a local club. Jana challenges Phil to a race; Jana cheats, and Phil loses. At the same time, his best friend Sonny is run off the road and killed by an unidentified assailant (VeSota).