Girls on the Loose

Not to be confused with the 1954 film Girl on the Loose.

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]

Girls on the Loose
Directed by	Paul Henreid
Screenplay by	Alan Friedman Dorothy Raison Allen Rivkin.[1]
Story by	Alan Friedman Dorothy Raison Julian Harmon
Produced by	Edward B. Barison Richard Kay Harry Rybnick
Starring	Mara Corday Lita Milan Barbara Bostock Mark Richman
Cinematography	Philip Lathrop
Edited by	Edward Curtiss
Production company	Jewell Enterprises
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	April 1958 (1958-04)
Running time	78 minutes[2]
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

Drive-in advertisement from 1958

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]