The Violent Years 1956 | by Ed Wood & William Morgan (Crime, Noir) Full Movie

Thrill Girls of the Highway! I killed a cop... So what?
Paula Parkins is the teenage daughter of wealthy parents who can't seem to make time for her, so she looks for thrills as the leader of her all girl-gang who harass young men.
Colorized version: • Girl Gang Terrorists (...
Original title: The Violent Years (1956) AKA: Girl Gang Terrorists / Teenage Girl Gang
Directed by: William Morgan
Writer credits: Edward D. Wood Jr.
Cast: Jean Moorhead, Barbara Weeks, Art Millan, Arthur Millan, Theresa Hancock, Joanne Cangi, Gloria Farr, Glenn Corbett, Lee ConstantI
Genres: Classics, Crime, Thriller, Drama, Film-Noir
00:00 Full Movie (with subtitles)
02:45 A story of parental failure leading to youth violence and criminal activities in the society.
08:51 A crime involving a gang of masked individuals unfolds, leading to a hospitalization and a planned birthday party.
18:44 Teenage girl seeks information on juvenile delinquency from her detective father to win student body presidency.
21:52 A group of delinquents plan criminal activities, including theft and vandalism, driven by thrill and greed.
28:22 A chaotic birthday party turns violent as a group seeks revenge and faces off against the police.
44:40 A cautionary tale of thrill-seeking leading to murder, highlighting the importance of self-respect and parental love.
52:46 Tragic court decision denies adoption request, emphasizing adult responsibility in juvenile delinquency.
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[@debeeriz]

growing up in the 50s l lost count of the times a group of girls took me into the woods and had their wicked way with me, just when l was really getting into it the alarm would go off and l would wake up

[@jeffwheeler3427]

lol

[@eberpardal8521]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@chrisfreeman9960]

Bet they were stacked...just like the girls in the movies!

[@user-lo7eo3nt6t]

Well, I am from a hillbilly part of Canada, and the girls would really have their way with me, it was not a dream!

[@roberthevern6169]

As a an old man (but not 'that' old), that was something I never did! We laid on a blanket over silty dirt! We got dirty two ways!.

[@user-pd1tz3ge1s]

Terrible acting, bad writing, I loved every minute of it!😂❤

[@marleonetti7]

15:20 for most men that would be a fantasy come true , not a crime .

[@JiveDadson]

But great directing.

[@bobtaylor170]

You'd think the part about the school being vandalized would have been explained. It's hilarious. And why would the Mob, or Mr Big, or whoever, choose the girls to do it?

[@wow561]

I agree! This has all the hallmarks of an Ed Wood film...bad EVERYTHING, but weirdly entertaining in its badness!

[@jryecart8017]

that muzak could make a sloth feel randy

[@lhasalynn2091]

So over the top!! LOLOLOL!!! I was a kid in the 50's! Love the scene where the mother writes her daughter a blank check and says 'You can never have enough!"

[@johnnycash578]

man attacked in lovers lane died with a permanent smile on his face that went from ear to ear

[@bobtaylor170]

Nah, I think it's implied that they just humiliated him.

[@im1who84u]

The girl that was left in the car probably didn't know how or didn't think to disable both cars before she left. Edit: And maybe get the plate number of the offending car.

[@GenerationX19694]

​@@bobtaylor170 Scat

[@thegreencat9947]

Ed Wood....accomplished what he set out to do...make movies to entertain. Come Hell or high water. I love Ed Wood. 👍🏼

[@chrisfreeman9960]

On a scale of 1 to 10: Entertainment...10! Quality...0 minus...whatever number you want.

[@dariawells7438]

Love this first as an Ed Wood film, but holy shiz, the clothing and cars are amazeballs!

[@Michael-st3wg]

"amazeballs"???

[@tumsfestival]

Erasing that blackboard really showed them!

[@kimberlyyoung458]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@erestube]

Turning the desks on their sides as well!

[@SkuliBragason-xc7jl]

It was the most outrageous act !

[@Joseph_Greco]

Hysterical....love how they leave the school in a Cadillac and then it changes into a Mercury while the cops are chasing them...LOL

[@AnnaBanana-gz4om]

Lol,so funny

[@carolynking1625]

Smart kids! Switch the cars during the crime! 😆

[@jimbennett3788]

It's magic!

[@markwoods4439]

Movie magic😳

[@brianjones7660]

and they say Special Effects were poor then.....

[@TheRaggedroad]

"Childrens delinquency is always rooted in adult delinquency." Not a bad line for 2020- 2024.

[@oupahens9219]

These cars with the soft suspension. Lovely.

[@peterconnell2496]

That came as a shock to me too recently from some old film-they really did wallow back then. I had forgotten that.

[@skibee421]

i had springs put on a 70' monte carlo & it did the same thing. i got rid of that & got a glass pak

[@haraldtrittner4396]

I love all of the early Ed Wood Movies...ABSOLUTE CULT👌 Thanks for this great Upload👍

[@eberpardal8521]

Os primeiros eram ruins e os últimos piores ainda.

[@janupczak1643]

Loved every minute of it! Thanks again for the great escape from 2024...❤

[@stanleycostello9610]

I love the jazzy music and the bad girls in bullet bras.

[@chrisfreeman9960]

All J.D. girls in these movies have bullet bars. It goes with the territory.

[@jefferychamberlain9808]

PONTOON TITIES

[@mikejohnson479]

​@@chrisfreeman9960JD?

[@chrisfreeman9960]

Meant to say bullet bras. J.D. as in "juvenile delinquent."

[@jimcrawford3185]

Could put out an eye

[@RealBigBadJohn]

Another Ed Wood effort that was so bad it's now a masterpiece.

[@robertburke1486]

There is something distinctive about the camera work - the lens, lighting, angles, whatever - that makes it immediately recognizable as an Ed Wood masterpiece.

[@bobtaylor170]

What's hilarious is that he only wrote it, he didn't direct it. His failing touch was infallible.

[@timmotel5804]

WoW! Sheila is Built like a Brick House!! Great campy movie. Love it. P.S. Love the Thunderbird. P.P.S. Sterner Penalties & Restrictions on youth criminal offenders are So Disparately Needed in 2024! Youth is NO EXCUSE!!!

[@packerbacker69]

The correct saying is built like a brick shithouse.

[@robertburke1486]

It's spectacular on every level; screenplay, dialog, acting, scenes; it won't disappoint.

[@joannsissy4768]

The daughter looks older than the mother

[@royrice8021]

Thirty year old teenagers.

[@jryecart8017]

they aspired to be TED KENNEDY's ' boiler room ' girls

[@othergary]

Just like "Happy Ddays".

[@thewkovacs316]

Warning to parents If you buy your kid a new watch and convertable every year, but never show up to their bday party, they will become c a 30 year old, juvenile delinquent

[@dannylee1987]

The special effects in this movie are spectacular, especially when the two girls wreck the T Bird 😂

[@mrhyde2484]

😆😆😆

[@Lethgar_Smith]

Ed Wood was definitely a man with a message. All his films are very preachy.

[@Celluloidwatcher]

This film had its share of corniness in its writing and a stark reminder of parental responsibilities gone bad. Whoever thought in 1956 that there would later be worse circumstances with youth and overall society, which we now see in 2024.

[@JohnReitz-ps2ct]

"Paula" looked at least 27.

[@Joseph_Greco]

She was 21 when this was made

[@JohnReitz-ps2ct]

​@@Joseph_Greco Show biz can be a tough racket...

[@observer3232]

Well the guys invited over to crash her "pajama party" looked around 40.

[@timmotel5804]

Love Ed Wood's work. You Know... Thanks & Best Regards

[@cjnovack]

Another brilliant performance by Timothy Farrell.

[@jerrygottlick4614]

John Waters must love this film! So did they do what I think they did with the guy dragged into the woods? They could have made a whole other movie about that!

[@inhumanesmoke4342]

That's the baby's daddy

[@gerryhouska2859]

The lucky, lucky bastard!

[@bobtaylor170]

The movie is so incompetent it doesn't give the viewer reason to think they did anything with him. This movie is so bad Ed Wood could have directed it, but he only wrote it.

[@user-gx2yy1df6f]

@@gerryhouska2859 ikr.

[@user-gx2yy1df6f]

@@bobtaylor170 well she did start to take her sweater off before the fade out so.....

[@bigblockjalopy]

Never realized before, how good mid 50s Caddy 4 doors looked

[@jryecart8017]

see movie. TIN MEN with Da6y Devito, Richard Dreyfus

[@jefferydowler4655]

Two doors was the thing back then. But not for me. Four-doors cars of the 50s 60s and 70s" look more balance just like the cars of today.

[@geneobrien8907]

In Citizen Kane, no one is in the room when Charles Foster Kane uttered his last word, yet everyone knew that he said, "Rosebud"... In The Violent Years 8:11 the only witness to the crime is a unconscious gas station attendant and yet, the police know that the perpetrators are "fool kids"! Ed Wood and Orson Wells, stand outs in the history of cinema!

[@halbellows8578]

Oh, so that's where Ministry got the voiceover part in the song 'So What', it all makes so much more sense now. Great movie.

[@user-wy1dl2me2p]

Where did we go wrong ? Oh the humanity 👠💋😩

[@lauragreaser3461]

Shirley did have a nice sweater.

[@aryanscience]

Whew!! I'm glad to read that commuter fares weren't increased!

[@Ourladyrules]

i love Ed Wood films 🎥🎥🎥🍻

[@runedharma22]

There is actually good dialogue in this one.

[@rudebuddha4895]

The girl scout looking girl as a ruthless gun wielding robber......priceless.

[@susanfaulkner2304]

Those girls sure are strong to knock out a fella and leave him in a bad way!Hey, noticed a Pep Boys !

[@donmateo3728]

YEA, PEPBOYS!

[@dstorm7752]

The mid-1950s might have been the peak of America's strength. The unity from WW II still endured, and the divisive Vietnam War had not yet come along with the draft hanging over every healthy young male in the 1960s.

[@billygoat520]

I am pretty sure they still drafted men, just not so many

[@JiveDadson]

We had bomb shelters and nuke anxiety.

[@bobtaylor170]

​@@JiveDadson we sure did. I was affected by it. A lot of people were.

[@bobtaylor170]

​@@JiveDadson we did, indeed. I was affected by it. Evan Thomas writes about the effect which the nuclear terror had on young Baby Boomers in his great book about Eisenhower, "Ike's Bluff." What's interesting is that the later part of the generation, born after 1955, were largely unaffected by it. I tried to explain it once to a doctor who was born five years after I was. He was highly skeptical.

[@jimcrawford3185]

​@@JiveDadson And Korea

[@doncorleone13]

Ed Wood and his crazy movies 😅😂thanks CCC ❤

[@mikesilva3868]

Thank you very much thank you very very much ccc films nice to see the uncut version 😊

[@alexmurray6515]

In 6:11 and 10:57 the scene is the same with different circunstances. In 10:57 and 34:04 the same scene twice.

[@frankwafer6919]

What great message this movie had!😮🙂💯❤️and 🙏🏼prayers!

[@dizzyspinner648]

Right up there with "Girl Gang" and "Jailbait."

[@garrysekelli6776]

And "gun girls".

[@CBS70s]

Boy howdy! Sheila sure had some good points!😉

[@mwflanagan1]

Horrible, just horrible. Good thing we all learned the lessons it attempted to impart without going to jail.

[@uhdudewhy7980]

Siskel & Ebert gave it two thumbs up!!!

[@b.olivera885]

It's sad to think that women like these are today the grandmothers of many guys and girls. Fortunately, that's not my case. My grandmothers were very respectable ladies who passed on good values to their children and grandchildren.

[@DavidTheHypnotist]

I’m still waiting for Marty McFly to come in.

[@madelief47]

As a Dutchman, used to smaller cars, I really love the big American cars, with that "bouncing suspension".... How to take a corner with a brick. But they look beautiful!

[@shaunigothictv1003]

Strange movie. More please!

[@michaeldetroit.8125]

Delightfully entertaining film!

[@Bamagator52]

Wow I never saw this before it was quite a great movie Ed Wood was a genius

[@RobertPool-nz5ss]

Nothing is better than oid movie and a glass of whiskey and some good coffee....❤❤❤❤❤

[@user-rn4uw6zw4f]

Yes the guy in the woods got all his birthdays at once !!

[@gerryhouska2859]

Poor boy, this would've haunted his dreams for the rest of his life. Should I be so lucky...

[@UNCKLEMICKEYSIR]

She got shot in the belly but didn't even tear her sweater...

[@althunder4269]

and not a drop of blood.

[@jenniferautumnmartin]

They don't make em like that anymore.

[@lesliecurran1704]

Absolutely horrible acting, ridiculous plot, And really clueless victims. What fun! I think I'll watch it! Edit: I really really want to know what they did with that guy in the woods...

[@rameshbhattacharjee4374]

It is a B Movie aka Bad Movie, Made Cheaply, You Pay Peanuts You Get Monkeys For The Job

[@bobtaylor170]

It's so incompetently made you cannot even draw an inference about what they did. My speculation is that they made him strip, and taunted him.

[@nickglass12]

Wasn’t he the father of the baby?

[@user-gx2yy1df6f]

@@bobtaylor170 Yeah but the girl was taking off her sweater as they faded out . I know he's young but still 4 of them ?

[@Jammin-kx3nr]

The innocent fifties

[@allenmacneel1572]

He wants her to take the sweater off for......other reasons!!!!

[@pavelmolodchik]

Do you realize it was a beautiful expensive thing not a modern day Chinese $10 a dozen rag

[@deaddocreallydeaddoc5244]

These were bad movies when they were made. The fun is seeing how bad they were.

[@chicojcf]

Distaste is da best taste in da world.

[@bradparker9664]

Well, if it's an Ed Wood credit, you won't be disappointed! 😅

[@user-gx2yy1df6f]

so bad it's good .

[@dalethornton7858]

Maybe if society would have listened to the message at the end. Our country wouldn't be so screwed up now.We have a bunch of Paula Perkins in Congress. It's sad.

[@jamesschwartz3837]

“That’s a cute pair”. “They have their points”. 😆 I think it’s the bras!

[@Doll676]

Very good movie but the judge could had let the grandparents take in their granddaughter because they done learned their lesson

[@jimbotron70]

No they would have repeated the cycle.

[@dananthony6258]

This is a fine mess you kids have gotten yourselves into.

[@LouisBourett]

Loved the soundtrack

[@TheRicsilver48]

So so bad! It's such a great movie. They don't make them like this anymore. So sad...

[@oz93666]

Entertaining . But I can't imagine a more unbelievable story line . Wooden actors .

[@lynnfisher3037]

Wood-den actors. Perfect pun for his movies. Each a perfect train wreck.

[@renesagahon4477]

This movie is so bad I love it

[@tomweickmann6414]

Tell me, truthfully so I can sleep at night. You DID NOT harm that T Bird! Other than that, this film is the greatest bullet bra bad girl movie until the next one comes along. True art.❤😅

[@user-cv6lx5hs4t]

This movie has everything! Ethos! Pathos! and Ed Wood . I ♥️ bad flicks.

[@lauragreaser3461]

Me too! They make me so happy. 😂

[@user-cv6lx5hs4t]

@@lauragreaser3461 could there possibly be a support group. Or a keeper to watch over people like us?

[@bertramwatson8594]

Be not deceived. God is not mocked. For what so ever a man or woman soweth shall he or she also reap. Galatians 6:7. If you do crime, you will certainly do time.

[@360Birdman]

Dads acting regarding daughters bday was especially bad 😭

[@cedricliggins7528]

That's how dads acted in 1950s

[@Verschlungen]

I'm very grateful to those who commented knowingly, "hey, an Ed Woods film!" etc. One minute in, I had stopped watching, afraid that I was about to be suckered once again by one of those FBI puff-pieces that are cynically pimped by certain youtubers as "film noir" just because they're black-and-white and have something to do with crime. But as soon as I had read a few of the comments here, I realized how wrong I was and returned to watching it. Such ludicrous fun for someone like me who was a teenager in that very era -- of bullet bras, hot jazz and slumber parties!

[@cedricliggins7528]

1:55 that portrait of George Washington looks like he woke up with a hangover.

[@kathyevans3783]

Just ordered mine from Amazon. Can't wait to watch it!

[@rogermansour6085]

Even though the acting was pretty bad in this movie ,i think the message was excellent and a warning to parents to properly raise there kids even in this twenty first century. Evangelist Roger Mansour

[@tmalfieri1]

One of my favorites!!!!🎉

[@Vesper.-zh6sj]

I wish women dressed like that today ..

[@frankwafer6919]

I'll say!👀🔥💯❤️!

[@MegaDonzee]

With all the tats, lol!

[@Vesper.-zh6sj]

@@MegaDonzee 😭

[@bobtaylor170]

Bullet bras, as they were termed.

[@Vesper.-zh6sj]

@@bobtaylor170 High caliber ..lol ..take your eye out ..lol love em .

[@JAY-wb2fv]

I loved it! Brilliant!

[@lynnfisher3037]

I gave her everything.. everything. Everything but attention. Here's another blank check.

[@user-ox4nw3fi4i]

Wow! Girl Gangs in Them Days, Gutsy😮🫣

[@briangrigsby1842]

the best Ed Wood movie. Fun!

[@Mikevdog]

Best movie in history. Thanks.

[@elviswalkes776]

😅

[@rubinabreu7662]

This was a NICE moo-veeee! The kind they don't make anymore in glorious black and white. It had a good moral, kind of preachy but I can see something of today in it regarding the evils rampant in the environment. The poor but bratty rich girl probably under eighteen would of gotten the gas chamber in that era but excaped it and to top it off with a baby had she lived would of had a life sentence but died giving birth. Life sucks but she ended up making it worse by getting herself in with the wrong crowd and taking life's blessings for granted. The movie had simple production values as an Ed Wood production would have but still entertaining and even educational in its messaging. Gonna give it another watch again. Love the clothes, the cars, the 50s aura and morals and lack of profanity and cine noir look to it. Made my evening!

[@Sharronneedles13]

Escaped*

[@bongobob6200]

Thx CCC 👍🇺🇸👍

[@dizzman5546]

I love Sheilas earrings😮😮

[@asullivan4047]

Interesting/informative/entertaining. Enjoy viewing automobiles/gas stations/front store windows/furniture & the likes of that era-!!!🤔. That blonde's a. Very accurate shot with a revolver from the window-!!!😳. Realistically portrayed citizens/criminals/law enforcement officials. Wishing viewers a safe/healthy/prosperous (2024)🌈🎉💵😉.

[@MothGirl007]

This looks like it will be very cool!

[@lynnfisher3037]

Yeah, far out and cool.

[@lidiacastro4753]

Excelente final maravilhoso

[@rafaelmadrigal1999]

Mean Girls 1955?

[@michealhand1001]

What was he/she doing in the Garage printing the money😂 it them so long.😂😂😂

[@beecnul8r]

It's an Ed Wood movie, so what do you expect.

[@areirving]

Is there a rating less than zero stars?

[@jenniferautumnmartin]

Felt like a PSA for rich parents.

[@DeborahStJohn-jo6gx]

It was over the top but scared me when I saw it as a kid. I wasn’t much of a judge on movie writing or acting

[@proudcynophile1901]

This judge was extreme! He denied the girl's parents custody of the granddaughter. He said they already failed at raising their daughter. Maybe it was the norm back then. But these days the courts try to place the child with her next of kin, especially when they have money and they wanted her. The grandparents would be given a second chance, allowed to take the baby home on a probationary basis. I think the baby should have been allowed to be with her grandparents. I'm sure they learned their lesson. What was the classroom trashing about? Insurance?

[@marcbahn5487]

Barbara Weeks looked like Gloria Swanson.

[@danielgardner394]

This is hilarious 😂

[@demetriosnikolianos1912]

Rebels with a cause! (Woodrealismo 💯/💯) 💗💗💗

[@pathdaly]

What a hoot!

[@deanpesaturo6401]

I just watched this underneath the title Teenage Girl Gangs and it was Godawful kids and trust Me. I can take quite a bit! ❤😮

[@GilObregon-hj6zh]

Jean Moorhead also appears in Motorcycle Gang (1957). 😠

[@bobtaylor170]

That's hilarious. A devote of Jean Moorhead. I'm expecting a future book from you about the genius of Jean Moorhead.

[@GilObregon-hj6zh]

@@bobtaylor170 I think that I'll entitle that book, Jean Moorhead: The Poor Man's Marilyn Monroe. 😬 Thanks for the idea! 🤑

[@boga5014]

I will have nightmares of that judge reprimanding me for an hour for watching this movie.....Still , I strangely liked it.

[@lawranew5125]

That girl was running fast as hell down the street, yelling Stan

[@docmason9677]

I like the way they would play that generic Rock or Jazz music every time the girls were committing crimes. Quite a toe tapper!😎