A cult classic British film about late-fifties youth rebellion set against an intoxicating Beatnik backdrop.

When divorced architect Paul (David Farrar) marries Parisian Nichole (Noëlle Adam), his teenage daughter, Jennifer (Gillian Hills), is less than pleased, and throws herself into the London beatnik scene and a music-fuelled life of juvenile delinquency. When she discovers that Nichole’s past holds a dark secret, she uses this knowledge to shame her stepmother and embarrass her father.

With an all-star cast including David Farrar (Black Narcissus, The Small Back Room), Shirley Anne Field (Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, Peeping Tom), Christopher Lee (Lord of the Rings, Dracula) and a young Oliver Reed (Women in Love, Oliver!), Beat Girl is notable for its original music by composer John Barry, his first ever film commission, and the acting debuts of teen idol Adam Faith and actress Gillian Hills (Blowup, A Clockwork Orange, The Owl Service).

Extras:

• Alternative and deleted footage
• Newly filmed interview with actress Gillian Hills
• Cross-Roads (John Fitchen, 1955, 22 mins): a short supernatural tale starring Christopher Lee
• Goodnight with Sabrina (1958): short glamour film
• Beauty in Brief (1955): short glamour film
• Other extras TBC

Cast and Crew:

Director: Edmond T. Greville

Cast: Christopher Lee (Lord of the Rings, Dracula), Oliver Reed (Gladiator, Oliver!), and Shirley Anne Field (Saturday Night and Sunday Morning)