The Green-Eyed Blonde

The Green-Eyed Blonde

THE STORY OF A TEEN-AGE FIRE-BOMB! LOOK OUT, SHE'S SET TO EXPLODE!

NR 1957 · 72 min · ★ 6.1 · Drama, Crime

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.

Directed by Bernard Girard · Written by Dalton Trumbo

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Susan Oliver Phyllis 'Greeneyes'
Melinda Casey Betsy Abel (as Linda Plowman)
Beverly Long Renie
Norma Jean Nilsson Cuckoo
Tommie Moore Trixie Budlong
Carla Merey Joyce
Sally Brophy Maggie Wilson (as Sallie Brophy)
Jean Inness Mrs. Nichols (as Jean Innes)
Olive Blakeney Miss Vandingham
Anne Barton Sally Abel
Tom Greenway Ed
Margaret Brayton Mrs. Adams

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