Kind of a remake of Boys Town with Mamie Van Doren instead of Mickey Rooney playing a delinquent sent away to a sort of reform school run by nuns (who drive around in a car with "girls town" written on the side).
That's a terrific idea, and certainly parts of this film is fun, particularly Van Doren in her tight pants and constantly looking for men the moment she gets there.
But it makes the crucial mistake of not concentrating on Van Doren and her conflict with the nuns (there needed to be a main nun who she really locked horns with) and instead spending too much time on musical acts (such as the Platters) and Paul Anka, who plays an underage pop star stalked by a Girls Town in-mate - instead of being annoyed and terrified by this Anka tries to help her out and ends up saving the day.
There is a bit of girl power solidarity plus a drag race that's just like the one in Grease, Mel Torme as a hoodlum, Anka singing 'Ave Maria' to Van Doren in a church; Anka also sings 'Lonely Boy'.
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