Gun Girls

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox film | name = Gun Girls | image = Gungirpos.jpg | caption = Film poster | director = Robert C. Dertano | producer = Edward Finney as Edward Frank | writer = Robert C. Dertano (based on his novel ''Girls on Parole'') | starring = Jeanne Ferguson<br>Timothy Farrell<br>Jacquelyn Park <br>Eve Brent | cinematography = William C. Thompson | studio= Eros Productions | distributor = Astor Pictures | released = {{Film date|1957}} | runtime = 67 mins | country = United States | language = English | budget = }} '''''Gun Girls''''' is an American crime film, written, edited and directed by Robert C. Dertano as well as being based on Dertrano's novel ''Girls on Parole''. The film starred Jeanne Ferguson, Jacquelyn Park, Eve Brent and Timothy Farrell and was released in 1957 by Astor Pictures.<ref name="imdb"/>

==Plot== thumb|left|250px|Joy beats up Trixie after finding her in her boyfriend's apartment Teenagers Teddy (Ferguson) and Dora (Park) rob a man of his wallet. Dora's boyfriend Jimmy (Booth) tries to talk her out of associating with Teddy, but Dora refuses to listen. Using the money they have saved from previous crimes, they buy two guns from Joe (Farrell) and hold up a gas station. Joe then convinces the girls to steal a $6,000 payroll from a chemical company where his girlfriend Joy (Brent) works. After discovering that they only ended up with $14 the two girls ask Joe for money so they can leave the area and avoid arrest. When he refuses, they pull their guns on him and take his money. Joy then comes by Joe's apartment and tells him that she is pregnant, resulting in Joe throwing her out of his apartment. Later, when she returns, she finds his new girlfriend, Trixie (Cameron), in the apartment. The two girls fight and a beaten Trixie leaves. Joe returns to the apartment and surprises Joy, who shoots him. Teddy is killed in a car crash and Dora is mortally injured when they are chased by the police attempting to flee the area. At the hospital, just before she dies, Dora tells Jimmy that she was wrong and should have listened to him.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Pitts |first1=Michael R. |title=Astor Pictures: The Filmography and History of the Reissue King, 1933-1965 |date=2019 |publisher=McFarland & Company |location=Jefferson, North Carolina |isbn=978-1-4766-7649-4 |pages=86–87 |url=https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/astor-pictures/ |accessdate=1 November 2020}}</ref>

==Cast== * Jeanne Ferguson as Teddy * Jacquelyn Park as Dora Jones * Eve Brent as Joy Jenkins (as Jean Ann Lewis) *Timothy Farrell as Joe * Calvin Booth as Jimmy * Eleoise Cameron as Trixie

==See also== * Catfight * List of American films of 1957

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="imdb">Internet Movie Database</ref> }}

==External links== *{{IMDb title|id=0049284|title=Gun Girls}}

Category:American crime drama films Category:1957 films Category:1957 crime drama films Category:American black-and-white films Category:American independent films Category:1950s exploitation films Category:1957 independent films Category:1957 English-language films Category:1957 American films Category:English-language crime drama films