Essential Cinema: This Nation's Saving Grace: Discoveries From the Golden Age of British Cinema

BEAT GIRL

Directed by Edmond T. Gréville

USA, 1950, 1h 29min, DCP

Essential Cinema: This Nation's Saving Grace: Discoveries From the Golden Age of British Cinema

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When BEAT GIRL was released to US drive-ins, it was renamed WILD FOR KICKS. Both titles help to give you the flavor of this one. A rebellious teenage girl (future pop star Gillian Hills) acts out wildly when her father comes home with a new bride. There’s a whole checklist of rock & roll era British rebellion here: teddy boys, strip clubs, games of chicken, and beatniks. With David Farrar, Christopher Lee, and a young Oliver Reed.

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