The Green-Eyed Blonde

The Green-Eyed Blonde

72 mins | Drama, Crime | Dec. 14, 1957

Blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo (working under the pseudonym “Sally Stubblefield”) tells a rough-edged tale of life inside a 1950s women’s reformatory. Set in the Martha Washington School for Girls—an institute for wayward teenagers and unwed mothers—THE GREEN-EYED BLONDE tackles a range of topical social issues as the inmates band together to help out one of their own when she refuses to give up her child.

The Green-Eyed Blonde

72 mins | Drama, Crime | Dec. 14, 1957

The Green-Eyed Blonde
Blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo (working under the pseudonym “Sally Stubblefield”) tells a rough-edged tale of life inside a 1950s women’s reformatory. Set in the Martha Washington School for Girls—an institute for wayward teenagers and unwed mothers—THE GREEN-EYED BLONDE tackles a range of topical social issues as the inmates band together to help out one of their own when she refuses to give up her child.
IMDb rating 5.7
Producers Warner Bros. Pictures, Arwin Productions
Original title The Green-Eyed Blonde
Directors C.M. Florance, William Kissell, Bernard Girard
Writers Dalton Trumbo

Cast

Susan Oliver

as Phyllis 'Greeneyes'

Melinda Casey

as Betsy Abel (as Linda Plowman)

Beverly Long

as Renie

Norma Jean Nilsson

as Cuckoo

Tommie Moore

as Trixie Budlong

Carla Merey

as Joyce

Sally Brophy

as Maggie Wilson (as Sallie Brophy)

Jean Inness

as Mrs. Nichols (as Jean Innes)

Olive Blakeney

as Miss Vandingham

Anne Barton

as Sally Abel

Tom Greenway

as Ed

Margaret Brayton

as Mrs. Adams

Juanita Moore

as Miss Randall

Ray Foster

as Cliff Munster

Betty Lou Gerson

as Mrs. Ferguson

Stafford Repp

as Bill Prell

Evelyn Scott

as Helen

Roy Glenn

as Mr. Budlong

Iona Armstrong

as Carol (uncredited)

Rebecca Avalos

as Girl (uncredited)

Zelda Cleaver

as Older Woman (uncredited)