Cinematography:
Don MalkamesComposer:
Robert W. StringerCast:
Paul Henreid, Catherine McLeod, Anne Francis, Rita Moreno, Mike Kellin, Anne Jackson, Russell Hopton (a.f.)Plots(1)
Actor Paul Henreid made his directorial debut with the well-intentioned So Young, So Bad. The scene is a correctional home for delinquent girls, where sadistic warden Riggs (Cecil Clovelly) and head matron Beuhler (Grace Coppin) rule with an iron fist. Compassionate psychiatrist Dr. Jason (Paul Henreid) and assistant superintendent Ruth Levering (Catherine McLeod) disagree with the brutal disciplinary methods advocated by Riggs and Buehler. Dr. Jason is a proponent of kindness and occupational therapy, and Ruth agrees. But as long as the institutionalized girls are afraid to speak up before a board of inquiry, Jason can do nothing about their mistreatment. Fortunately, one of the girls, Loretta (Anne Francis) decides "enough is enough". Featured in the cast of So Young, So Bad is young Rosita Moreno, who went on to fame and fortune after changing her first name to Rita. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Paul Henreid
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
Casablanca (1942)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
Catherine McLeod
USA
Best movies:
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
The Harvey Girls (1946)
Lipstick (1976)
Anne Francis
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Blackboard Jungle (1955)
Funny Girl (1968)
Rita Moreno
Puerto Rico
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
West Side Story (1961)
Le Roi et moi (1956)
Mike Kellin
USA
Best movies:
Midnight Express (1978)
The Incident (1967)
The Boston Strangler (1968)
Anne Jackson
USA
Best movies:
The Shining (1980)
The Angel Levine (1970)
Dirty Dingus Magee (1970)
Russell Hopton (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
'G' Men (1935)
Tall in the Saddle (1944)
The Criminal Code (1931)