Kitten With A Whip (1964)

Escaping a juvenile detention center after stabbing a matron (Nora Marlowe), a psychologically disturbed teenage girl (Ann-Margret) breaks into the upper class suburban home of a senatorial candidate (John Forsythe) whose wife (Audrey Dalton) is away. It soon turns into a home invasion when she invites some thugs (Peter Brown, Skip Ward) over to party. Based on the novel by Wade Miller and adapted for the screen and directed by Douglas Heyes. When a movie begins with Ann-Margret in a "baby doll" nightie running scared through the streets of San Diego, you know you're in movie trash heaven. I didn't think it could live up to its lurid title but it does, oh it does. It's tawdry and exploitative and much of the "fun" is unintentional. The "hip" dialog of the twenty something teenagers, using Henry Mancini's score from TOUCH OF EVIL or the "Tijuana" locations which is really the Universal backlot. Enjoyable in the way a bad movie that takes itself seriously can often be. With Patricia Barry, Richard Anderson, Ann Doran and Leo Gordon.