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Beat Girl

  • 1960
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 29m
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
1.3K
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Gillian Hills in Beat Girl (1960)
An impetuous teenage girl, resentful of her father's new wife, tries to wreck the marriage regardless of the consequences.
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An impetuous teenage girl becomes involved with Soho's beatnik and striptease scenes to spite her staid architect father and her French ex-stripper stepmother.An impetuous teenage girl becomes involved with Soho's beatnik and striptease scenes to spite her staid architect father and her French ex-stripper stepmother.An impetuous teenage girl becomes involved with Soho's beatnik and striptease scenes to spite her staid architect father and her French ex-stripper stepmother.

  • Director
    • Edmond T. Gréville
  • Writers
    • Dail Ambler
    • Edmond T. Gréville
  • Stars
    • David Farrar
    • Noëlle Adam
    • Christopher Lee
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.9/10
    1.3K
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    • Director
      • Edmond T. Gréville
    • Writers
      • Dail Ambler
      • Edmond T. Gréville
    • Stars
      • David Farrar
      • Noëlle Adam
      • Christopher Lee
    • 37User reviews
    • 38Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    David Farrar
    David Farrar
    • Paul Linden
    Noëlle Adam
    Noëlle Adam
    • Nichole Linden
    • (as Noelle Adam)
    Christopher Lee
    Christopher Lee
    • Kenny King
    Gillian Hills
    Gillian Hills
    • Jennifer Linden
    Adam Faith
    Adam Faith
    • Dave
    Shirley Anne Field
    Shirley Anne Field
    • Dodo
    • (as Shirley-Ann Field)
    Peter McEnery
    Peter McEnery
    • Tony
    Claire Gordon
    Claire Gordon
    • Honey
    Oliver Reed
    Oliver Reed
    • Plaid Shirt
    Michael Kayne
    • Duffle Coat
    Anthony Singleton
    • Green Pants
    Robert Raglan
    Robert Raglan
    • F.O. Official
    Nade Beall
    • Official's Wife
    Margot Bryant
    • Martha
    Nigel Green
    Nigel Green
    • Simon
    Norman Mitchell
    Norman Mitchell
    • Club Doorman
    Pascaline
    • Exotic Strip Dancer
    Bart Allison
    • Ticket Inspector
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Edmond T. Gréville
    • Writers
      • Dail Ambler
      • Edmond T. Gréville
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    Ross-c

    Not as campy as it seems

    I was a bit disappointed by this film. Some may see the young star as bravely standing up against the cruel older generation, but personally I just found her annoying.

    One previous review talks about how her father was completely unable to accept his wife having been a stripper. His initial inability to accept this is only a brief passing stage, and he does accept his wife. After this scene they both work

    together to find his daughter, who is allowing herself to be seduced by a sleazy strip-joint owner (Christopher Lee acting extremely well).

    My main disappointment with this film is that it isn't as laughable as the cover suggests. There is a small amount of risible dialog, but not enough.
    7rdoyle29

    A junky masterpiece of sorts

    David Farrar has just remarried to Noëlle Adam. His beatnik daughter Gillian Hills doesn't like him or his values or his new wife. She prefers hanging out in coffee houses with her friends Adam Faith, Shirley Anne Field and Oliver Reed ... dancing to John Barry music and talking wacky jive talk. When she discovers that her new stepmom has a connection to a stripper, she becomes involved with strip club owner Christopher Lee. Although this film's depiction of beatnik culture is far from accurate (Adam Faith sings for his friends quite a bit and his faux rockabilly songs don't exactly sound like beatnik fair) it is delightfully over the top and has an amazing cast for such junky fare. I really kind of loved it.
    9xmullet

    Teenage rampage

    This film is notable for two early appearances: John Barry's (James Bond) first film score and an early role for Oliver Reed as a teenage reveller. In some ways reminiscent of a pubescent La Dolce Vita, the film succeeds for one reason alone - Gillian Hills makes a truly seductive and formidable she-devil in the form of Jennifer.

    Yes, the film is dripping in kitsch value, but one can't help but be absorbed the atmosphere, from the milk bar to the cave party, where English Elvis wannabe Adam Faith curls his lip to the drumming of an upturned guitar. Although before my time, I'm sure life in 1960 was never quite this with it, daddy-o.

    It's not the greatest film ever made, but the wonderfully sleazy theme by Barry sets the tone nicely, and it rates as one of the best teenage exploitation movies to come out of the UK.
    6Leofwine_draca

    A genuinely sexy piece of filmmaking

    BEAT GIRL is another film to explore the then-popular craze for Beatnik culture. Like THE PARTY'S OVER, it features Oliver Reed strutting his stuff in various dated dance scenes, and is interspersed with dialogue which sounds incredibly cheesy thanks to the way in which it has dated.

    Unlike THE PARTY'S OVER, it's an attempt to provoke censors and audiences with plenty of 'sensation' drama, as in the American quickies. One of the main characters is a former stripper and indeed striptease sequences play a big part in the proceedings; one particular exotic dancer, all the way from Hawaii, perhaps one of the most explicit teases I've ever seen despite the lack of nudity. It must have been incredible for audiences back in 1960.

    BEAT GIRL is actually a pretty decent little story. The youthful - and extremely attractive - Gillian Hills plays the girl who discovers her dad's new flame used to be a stripper, while at the same time she immerses herself in Beatnik culture. Most of the film is shot and set around a club in which Nigel Green and Christopher Lee play various sleazy characters. There's plenty of music here too, some of it courtesy of pop sensation Adam Faith, and despite the dating of the cultural material, it's never less than an engrossing - and surprisingly sexy - piece of film-making.
    DarylKMiddlebrook

    Sexy Gillian Hills Makes This JD Film Worth Watching!

    First and foremost, who is Gillian Hills? And second, why didn't she become a major star? After looking for this film for some time, I finally got a chance to check it out the other night. As JD films go, it wasn't a classic, yet it wasn't a clunker either. However, what compelled me to write a review of the film was the sexy young star of the film, Gillian Hills. Going by her bio, she was born in 1946, making her all of fourteen when she made Beat Girl. Well, this has got to be the sexiest fourteen year old ever! Brooke Shields, Jodie Foster, Sue Lyons, even Tuesday Weld can't hold a candle to Ms. Hills. Her performance is the glue which holds the bare thread plot together. Gillian plays Jennifer Linden, spoiled, rich teenager who, along with her beatnik friends, rebel against British society and it's rigid rules and traditions. If one thinks that Jennifer is being led astray by her friends, think again. If anything, it's Jennifer who is leading her friends down the dark and tawdry path. Jennifer is no one's puppet, and proves this in a game of "Chicken" on a railroad track. When her father brings home a much younger Parisian wife Nicole (Noelle Adams), Jennifer makes the woman's life a living hell. She tries to turn her father against Nicole when she finds out that the woman once danced as a stripper in Paris. Jennifer's scheme quickly turns against her and soon she finds herself being manipulated and lusted after by the sleazy strip club owner (played by the always villainous Christopher Lee). The ending to the film was a disappointment, wrapped up rather conveniently despite the fact a murder is committed. Still, Gillian Hills is a vamp on par with some of the best the screen has ever offered. I would assume that maybe it's her resemblance to Brigitte Bardot that may have stymied her career. I would love to see a film of her as an adult, and see if she still possessed that smoldering sexuality she displayed as a teen.

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    • Trivia
      When Nichole (Noëlle Adam) had to slap Jennifer (Gillian Hills) in a scene, Jennifer kept anticipating the slap and turning her head prematurely, so on one final attempt Nichole went for it and caught her with a real hard slap not giving her a chance to pre-empt the slap.
    • Quotes

      Jennifer: Love? That's the gimmick that makes sex respectable, isn't it!

    • Alternate versions
      The original UK cinema version was described by the BBFC as "the product of squalid and illiterate minds" and the film suffered extensive cuts to all striptease/dancing sequences and the scene where the teenage gang lies on a railway line. Later UK releases and TV showings were fully restored and uncut.
    • Connections
      Edited into Governing Body (2023)
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    • Release date
      • October 28, 1960 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Languages
      • English
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Wild for Kicks
    • Filming locations
      • Chislehurst Caves, Chislehurst, Kent, England, UK
    • Production company
      • Willoughby Film Productions
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 29m(89 min)
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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