Beat Girl
1960
Banned in the UK for many years, this cult British teen exploitation film delves into the 1960's underground scene. Jenny is the wayward daughter of a successful architect, who returns from Paris with a new wife who is half his age and has a dubious past. Jenny mixes with her hop-head friends at the Beat Cafe and Les Girls .. Read more
| Starring | Oliver Reed, Adam Faith, Christopher Lee, Shirley Ann Field |
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| Director | Edmond T. Greville |
| Genres | Drama |
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Beat Girl
Banned in the UK for many years, this cult British teen exploitation film delves into the 1960's underground scene. Jenny is the wayward daughter of a successful architect, who returns from Paris with a new wife who is half his age and has a dubious past. Jenny mixes with her hop-head friends at the Beat Cafe and Les Girls strip club, where the smarmy owner tries to seduce Jenny into the world of striptease.
| Starring | Oliver Reed, Adam Faith, Christopher Lee, Shirley Ann Field, Gillian Hills |
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| Director | Edmond T. Greville |
| Studio | ORBIT MEDIA |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 30 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 21 Jan 2008 Production year: 1960 |
| Format | DVD |
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Hills is the resentful teenager, daughter of a middle class father remarried to a gorgeous 'woman with a past', who... read more on Time Out
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
nostalgic
For anyone who wasn't there, and wants to get a feel for the late 50s and early 60s, this film will do it. For those of us who were there ,it is pure nostalgia;plenty of stereotypes which brought back my own memories of that era-just on the cusp of the swinging 60s.The film is quite watchable and has a passable story. It must have been one of Oliver Reed 's very early appearances-he hardly speaks 20 words. Adam Faith sings a couple of unknown songs;there is a lot of jiving and teenage parties. I remember it well. Christopher Lee turns in his usual impeccable performance. What is amazing is that the film was ever banned!
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
nostalgic
For anyone who wasn't there, and wants to get a feel for the late 50s and early 60s, this film will do it. For those of us who were there ,it is pure nostalgia;plenty of stereotypes which brought back my own memories of that era-just on the cusp of the swinging 60s.The film is quite watchable and has a passable story. It must have been one of Oliver Reed 's very early appearances-he hardly speaks 20 words. Adam Faith sings a couple of unknown songs;there is a lot of jiving and teenage parties. I remember it well. Christopher Lee turns in his usual impeccable performance. What is amazing is that the film was ever banned!
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Beat Girl
Banned in the UK for many years, this cult British teen exploitation film delves into the 1960's underground scene. Jenny is the wayward daughter of a successful architect, who returns from Paris with a new wife who is half his age and has a dubious past. Jenny mixes with her hop-head friends at ...
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