The Violent Years

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The Violent Years
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Directed by	William Morgan
Produced by	Roy Reid
Written by	Edward D. Wood, Jr.
Starring	Jean Moorhead
Cinematography	William C. Thompson
Editing by	Gerard Wilson
Distributed by	Headliner Productions
Release date(s)	1956
Running time	65 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
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The Violent Years is an American black and white 1956 film starring Jean Moorhead as Paula Parkins, the leader of a girl gang. The film is distinguished for the input of Ed Wood, Jr. as author of its screenplay.

Contents 1 Plot summary 2 Cast 3 Behind the scenes 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Plot summary

Paula Parkins, the spoiled daughter of a well-to-do newspaper editor, gets her kicks by organizing and directing a gang of bored young women like herself. The gang dresses in men's attire, robs gas stations, and terrorizes habitues of a local lovers' lane - even raping a young gentleman. As a newspaperman, Paula's father has inside information on police plans to capture the gang, so the girls are able to avoid capture with Mr. Parkins' unwitting complicity. After a make-out party with a few local gangsters, Paula and her pals agree to wreck a few classrooms in a public school at the behest of a female crime boss. The girls perform the job with gleeful competence until the police arrive and a deadly shootout takes place. Paula is captured and dies in hospital giving birth.

[edit] Cast

• Jean Moorhead as Paula Parkins
• Barbara Weeks as Jane Parkins
• Arthur Millan as Carl Parkins
• Theresa Hancock as Georgia
• Joanne Cangi as Geraldine
• Gloria Farr as Phyllis
• Glenn Corbett as Barney Stetson
• Lee Constant as Sheila
• I. Stanford Jolley as Judge Clara
• Timothy Farrell as Lt. Holmes
• F. Chan McClure as Det. Artman
• Bruno Metsa as Manny
• Harry Keaton as Doctor

[edit] Behind the scenes

• The screenplay was written by Edward D. Wood, Jr., the director of Glen or Glenda and Plan 9 from Outer Space. The Violent Years was the most financially successful film with creative input from Ed Wood.

• Star Jean Moorhead was a Playboy Playmate, (October 1955).

[edit] See also

• Girls with guns

[edit] External links

• The Violent Years at the Internet Movie Database

v • d • e Edward D. Wood, Jr. Feature films directed Glen or Glenda (1953) • Jail Bait (1954) • Bride of the Monster (1955) • Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959) • Night of the Ghouls (1959) • The Sinister Urge (1961) • Take it Out in Trade (1970) • Excited (1970) • The Only House in Town (1971) • Necromania (1971) • The Young Marrieds (1971) Short films directed Trick Shooting with Kenne Duncan (1953) • Final Curtain (1957) • The Night the Banshee Cried (1957) • Television films directed The Sun Was Setting (1951) • Crossroad Avenger: The Adventures of the Tucson Kid' (1953) • Boots (1953) Films written, not directed The Violent Years (1956) • The Bride and the Beast (1958) • Anatomy of a Psycho (1961) • Shotgun Wedding (1963) • Orgy of the Dead (1965) • One Million AC/DC (1969) • The Love Feast (1969) • The Venus Flytrap (1971) • The Undergraduate (1972) • Drop-Out Wife (1972) • Class Reunion (1972) • The Snow Bunnies (1972) • The Cocktail Hostesses (1973) • Five Loose Women (1974) • The Beach Bunnies (1976) • Hot Ice (1978 film) (1978) Posthumous films Crossroads of Laredo (filmed 1948/released 1995) • Hellborn (filmed mid-1950s; released 1993) • Take it Out in Trade: The Outtakes (filmed 1970; released 1995) • I Woke Up Early The Day I Died (written 1970s; released 1998) Related articles Béla Lugosi • The Golden Turkey Awards • Dolores Fuller • Conrad Brooks • Tor Johnson • Vampira • Bunny Breckinridge • The Amazing Criswell • Stephen C. Apostolof • Ed Wood (biopic)