The Green-Eyed Blonde (1957)
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.
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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.
Rating:NR
Genre:Drama, Crime
Written By:Dalton Trumbo
In Theaters:12/14/1957
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Runtime:72 minutes
Studio:Arwin Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures
Cast
Bernard Girard
Director
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
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