High School Hellcats is an American black-and-white

Black-and-white

Black-and-white, often abbreviated B/W or B&W, is a term referring to a number of monochrome forms in visual arts.Black-and-white as a description is also something of a misnomer, for in addition to black and white, most of these media included varying shades of gray...

 1958 film about a high school girl gang. The film stars Yvonne Lime, Bret Halsey, and Jana Lund. It is part of a series of exploitation film

Exploitation film

Exploitation film is a type of film that is promoted by "exploiting" often lurid subject matter. The term "exploitation" is common in film marketing, used for all types of films to mean promotion or advertising. These films then need something to exploit, such as a big star, special effects, sex,...

s about juvenile delinquents produced during the 1950s by American International Pictures

American International Pictures

American International Pictures was a film production company formed in April 1956 from American Releasing Corporation by James H. Nicholson, former Sales Manager of Realart Pictures, and Samuel Z. Arkoff, an entertainment lawyer...

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Plot summary

On the first day of school, transfer student Joyce Martin has a run-in with a girl gang. Wanting to belong, Joyce becomes a member. At a scandalous make-out party, the leader of the gang is killed and Joyce becomes involved with the police investigation.

Cast

• Yvonne Lime as Joyce Martin
• Brett Halsey as Mike Landers (as Bret Halsey)
• Jana Lund as Connie Harris, aka Connie Ross
• Susanne Sidney as Dolly Crane (as Suzanne Sydney)
• Heather Ames as Meg
• Nancy Kilgas as Laurie
• Rhoda Williams as Trudy Davis, teacher
• Don Shelton as Roger Martin
• Viola Harris as Linda Martin
• Robert Anderson as Police Lt. Manners
• Martin Braddock as Rip
• Arthur Marshall as Mr. Anderson

Production

Producer Charles Buddy Rogers was the husband of "America's Sweetheart", Mary Pickford

Mary Pickford

Mary Pickford was a Canadian-born motion picture actress, co-founder of the film studio United Artists and one of the original 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...

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