Girls on the Loose

1958 film by Paul Henreid

April 1958 (1958-04)

Running time

78 minutes^[2]CountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

Girls on the Loose is a 1958 American crime film noir directed by Paul Henreid and starring Mara Corday, Lita Milan and Barbara Bostock.^[3]

Plot

Vera (Mara Corday) runs a nightclub that's really a front for her secret operation: an all-female crime ring that's been pulling off heist after heist. The gang does a major job with the help of Agnes (Abby Dalton), a new recruit and insider with access to a bank's payroll. But then the nervous Agnes threatens to squeal, so Vera has her rubbed out. And when Vera's good-girl sister, Helen (Barbara Bostock), starts dating suspicious policeman Bill (Mark Richman), Vera gets cutthroat.

Cast

Mara Corday as Vera Parkinson
Lita Milan as Marie Williams
Barbara Bostock as Helen Parkinson
Peter Mark Richman as Police Lt. Bill Hanley (as Mark Richman)
Joyce Barker as Joyce Johanneson
Abby Dalton as Agnes Clark
Jon Lormer as Doctor
Ronald Green as Danny
Fred Kruger as Mr. Grant
Paul Lambert as Joe
Monika Henreid as Lilly (as Monica Elizabeth Henreid)

Reception

Writing for Turner Classic Movies, critic Nathaniel Thompson described the film as a "low-budget oddity" that is "a proud member [of] the girl gang genre," but which is "elevated by a strong, provocative lead bad girl in the form of Corday."^[4]

References

^ "Girls on the Loose (1958) - Full Credits - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies.
^ "Girls on the Loose". April 1958. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
^ "Girls on the Loose (1958) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
^ Thompson, Nathaniel. "Girls on the Loose (1958)". TCM. Turner Classic Movies Inc. Retrieved 2022-09-06.