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Post #1404982

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Vultural
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A few reviews . . (film or TV)
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22-Jan-2021, 10:29 AM

School For Unclaimed Girls - 1970 - 5/10
AKA - The Smashing Bird I Used To Know

Lo-watt exploitation snoozer might fall into “women in prison” category, but … c’mon.
Remand girls live in a rather posh dorm, have a pillow fight, have the dreaded shower sequence (above).
Oh yeah, our heroine, Nicki, finds herself there after stabbing Mom’s boyfriend when he tried to rape her.
Never mind he’s a grinning sleaze, and Mom a lonely bed bouncer with a checking account.
Glossy MGM sudser has barely any energy and is way too posh to be a trashy frolic.
Missed opportunity, since, clearly, production funds were enough for ten authentic poverty row flicks.
Writer director Hartford-Davis lensed similar twaddle in the 60’s.
“See! wild youth of today!!” except his yarns were behind the curve and out of step.