The Green-Eyed Blonde
5.8
72 minutes
12/14/1957
Overview
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.
Cast List
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)