The Green-Eyed Blonde
THE STORY OF A TEEN-AGE FIRE-BOMB! LOOK OUT, SHE'S SET TO EXPLODE!
1957 · 1h 12m · Approved
Crime, Drama
Directed by
Bernard Girard
Overview
Blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo (working under the pseudonym “Sally Stubblefield”) tells a rough-edged tale of life inside a 1950s women’s reformatory. Set in the Martha Washington School for Girls—an institute for wayward teenagers and unwed mothers—THE GREEN-EYED BLONDE tackles a range of topical social issues as the inmates band together to help out one of their own when she refuses to give up her child.
Director and cast
- Bernard Girard Director
- Susan Oliver as Phyllis 'Greeneyes'
- Melinda Casey as Betsy Abel
- Beverly Long as Renie
- Norma Jean Nilsson as Cuckoo
- Tommie Moore as Trixie Budlong
- Carla Merey as Joyce
- Sally Brophy as Maggie Wilson (as Sallie Brophy)
- Jean Inness as Mrs. Nichols (as Jean Innes)
- Olive Blakeney as Miss Vandingham
- Anne Barton Cast
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