Carol Lynley plays an obnoxiously bratty teenage girl who uses any means, even murder, to get free of her overly protective aunt ( well played by Jeanette Nolan) who is raising her. An interesting character study of a teen gone bad, which is mainly down to Lynsey's full-on performance. She balances bratty and troubled quite well, and the end was quite a surprise. There's a raw quality to this episode.
12 Reviews
15....going on 21.
planktonrules9 March 2021
This episode of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" is unusual in that you have a teenager who is actually played by a teenager! In so many films and television shows, teens are played by 21-35 year-olds and it's pretty ridiculous. See such films as "The Blog" and "Teenagers From Outer Space" and you'll see what I mean....leads who are old enough to have several kids or almost old enough to have grandkids! In this case, Carol Lynley is 15 and plays Janice, a girl who wants to become an adult way, way too quickly. And her actually being the correct age is good casting and improves the episode as it makes it more believable and frightening.
When the story begins, Janice is on a date with her boyfriend. The waiter brings them lemonades....after Janice tried ordering alcohol! And, she responds by whining about how unfair it is that they have rules and how they shouldn't apply to her. She then begins flirting with a much older (Vince Edwards). When she gets home, she continues along the same vein--complaining and whining to her aunt about how she wants to be treated like a woman. She's pretty hysterical, very annoying and you can't help but think that Janice is in for a terrible fall if she continues this way. Later, she returns to the bar at the beginning of the show and once again starts trying to vamp the man in the bar, Tex (Edwards). What's next for this brat? See the show for yourself.
While I don't think the big twist was all that wonderful, this is a wonderful portrait of an Antisocial (or perhaps Borderling) personality. Sadly, there are folks like Janice in the world and the scriptwriter sure did a good job here, as did an amazingly good Lynley.
When the story begins, Janice is on a date with her boyfriend. The waiter brings them lemonades....after Janice tried ordering alcohol! And, she responds by whining about how unfair it is that they have rules and how they shouldn't apply to her. She then begins flirting with a much older (Vince Edwards). When she gets home, she continues along the same vein--complaining and whining to her aunt about how she wants to be treated like a woman. She's pretty hysterical, very annoying and you can't help but think that Janice is in for a terrible fall if she continues this way. Later, she returns to the bar at the beginning of the show and once again starts trying to vamp the man in the bar, Tex (Edwards). What's next for this brat? See the show for yourself.
While I don't think the big twist was all that wonderful, this is a wonderful portrait of an Antisocial (or perhaps Borderling) personality. Sadly, there are folks like Janice in the world and the scriptwriter sure did a good job here, as did an amazingly good Lynley.
Carol Lynley with Horns
Hitchcoc22 June 2013
I remember Carol Lynley from a "shocking" teenage movie in the early sixties. It was called "Blue Denim" and also starred the ill fated Brandon de Wilde, in one of his last performances. She is a rather innocent girl who finds herself pregnant. We feel great empathy for the two of them. In this film, she is the opposite. While she looks the same, she is a true vamp. She lives with an aunt who has taken her in and she is bored with every part of her life, which leads to cruelty to everyone she encounters, most noticeably her doting boyfriend. She moans on and on about how awful things are for her. One night she finds the worldly Tex (Vincent Edwards, probably around the time Ben Casey was going into production. She plays with his feelings, even though he is ultra-suspicious of her. Her acting absolutely steals the entire episode. Facially, she employs every nuance possible. She went on the a substantial career, including a more matronly effort on Twin Peaks. The episode is typical Hitchcock Presents, but see it to watch Carol Lynley.
The Bad Seed Grows Up
dougdoepke30 September 2006
An odd little drama, baby-faced Carol Lynley goes against type and plays a teenager from hell. She's a wanton little flirt who treats her earnest boyfriend with casual cruelty and her guardian with open contempt. In short, despite her good looks, she's almost hateful. We figure she's met her match when she hooks up with sullen stranger Vince Edwards who's obviously been around the block more than a few times. But, has she?
Memorable for its rather raw depiction of teenage sexuality-- more daring than most movies of that time-- it appears likely that the producers had problems with the censors because of Lynley's character. (The fact that her behavior is blamed on a deprived childhood, was, I expect, a concession to those regulators.) Anyway, the anti-climax looks like a cop-out to convention, but the true climax is a real stunner, very well plotted out-- particularly the quick shot of the staircase. No doubt much of this nervy material is due to neophyte director Robert Altman, soon to become one of movieland's leading mavericks.
Too bad exotic little dramas like this passed quickly into oblivion, disposed of by the merciless demands of weekly programming. But now there's a forum for audience feed-back, and a chance to applaud those worthy efforts that never got a chance for a curtain-call. Too bad, the opportunity comes 50 years after the fact.
Memorable for its rather raw depiction of teenage sexuality-- more daring than most movies of that time-- it appears likely that the producers had problems with the censors because of Lynley's character. (The fact that her behavior is blamed on a deprived childhood, was, I expect, a concession to those regulators.) Anyway, the anti-climax looks like a cop-out to convention, but the true climax is a real stunner, very well plotted out-- particularly the quick shot of the staircase. No doubt much of this nervy material is due to neophyte director Robert Altman, soon to become one of movieland's leading mavericks.
Too bad exotic little dramas like this passed quickly into oblivion, disposed of by the merciless demands of weekly programming. But now there's a forum for audience feed-back, and a chance to applaud those worthy efforts that never got a chance for a curtain-call. Too bad, the opportunity comes 50 years after the fact.
"It's easy to be honest with strangers."
classicsoncall6 September 2021
Warning: Spoilers
Did you notice the sign on the wall at the Wooly Bear Road House that stated - 'No Boisterous Conduct Allowed'? You think that ever happened?
Well, this episode of Hitchcock Presents plays like a bad soap opera. The self centered teen Janice (Carol Lynley) has no qualms about doing whatever it takes to get out from under her Aunt Mae's (Jeanette Nolan) thumb, and will use anyone to help her do it. Since her boyfriend Stan (Stephen Joyce) is a little more level headed, she turns her attention to a stranger passing through (Vince Edwards), with an evil scheme as part of her backup plan if he won't simply whisk her away. Quite honestly, I was shocked at the way Jannie set up the unsuspecting Tex (Edwards) with her frantic appeal to the local sheriff (Rusty Lane). You really have to have a twisted mind to do what she did to someone she didn't even know. This episode's title actually could have been called "The Wild One", but Brando had already put his stamp on that one.
Well, this episode of Hitchcock Presents plays like a bad soap opera. The self centered teen Janice (Carol Lynley) has no qualms about doing whatever it takes to get out from under her Aunt Mae's (Jeanette Nolan) thumb, and will use anyone to help her do it. Since her boyfriend Stan (Stephen Joyce) is a little more level headed, she turns her attention to a stranger passing through (Vince Edwards), with an evil scheme as part of her backup plan if he won't simply whisk her away. Quite honestly, I was shocked at the way Jannie set up the unsuspecting Tex (Edwards) with her frantic appeal to the local sheriff (Rusty Lane). You really have to have a twisted mind to do what she did to someone she didn't even know. This episode's title actually could have been called "The Wild One", but Brando had already put his stamp on that one.
"The Young One" - A Look Back At The '50s
Noirdame797 July 2012
Warning: Spoilers
First of all, the baby-faced Carol Lynley played very well against type as a bratty Lolita-like teen named Janice who wants to escape her miserable existence in a nameless town, where she is forced to live with her controlling aunt Mae (Jeanette Nolan). Her boyfriend Stan (Stephen Joyce, who made me wonder if the costume department was trying to portray him as a James Dean lookalike/knockoff with that windbreaker) refuses to marry her to take her away from surroundings she hates so much, so she catches the attention of hunky drifter Tex (Vince Edwards, that's "hunky" with a capital H), at a roadhouse, which puts a whole chain of events in motion.
Sure, there may not be a whole lot of suspense in this episode, but it builds a tension that actually makes the climax pack a wallop. One of the many interesting things about this instalment is how much more politically correct the world is today, even though the 1950s in many ways was a much more conservative era (with hints of change coming) and there still was some of the production code remaining. In this day and age, eyebrows would be raised if one saw Janice in such deep and flirtatious conversation with an older man, and Tex would certainly have been arrested for being in the company of an underage girl (the description states that Janice is 17 but Lynley was about 15 at the time and could easily have been mistaken for younger). Janice also had begun to master the art of manipulating situations, past and present, spinning fantasies and wrapping men around her finger. Her confrontation with her frustrated aunt highlights this. I can see why Janice wanted out so badly, but at the same time I sympathized with Mae for her difficulties in controlling her niece and trying to "bring her up properly", even though compared to what is going on in today's world it seems that some of the "forbidden" things Janice does and lies about seem quite tame. Even the Wooly Bear seems like a friendly place rather than a seedy hang-out.
I began to notice that as much as Janice claimed to like Tex (and who can blame her!), she didn't want to let him get really close. And he, a hardened young man who was obviously very cynical and world-weary but not as much of a insensitive jerk as he seemed at times, was completely in the dark (both somewhat literally and figuratively). How ironic that Stan, the guy she dissed was the one who would have taken her away if she would have waited a little while. But Janice only cared for what she wanted and what these guys could bring her. She was prepared to let Tex take the blame for what she did, but her actions came back to bite her.
I have seen Vince Edwards criticized for his portrayal but his role didn't call for a wide range of emotion, and either way, he had enough presence and realism to make Tex believable, although his character's motives seemed to be something of a puzzle and a contradiction. And honestly, I don't want to over-analyze it because, well, it's Vince Edwards. The man was sexy and versatile, with more than enough magnetism to spare.
I think I've said enough, so I'll close with this: "The Young One" is a damn good, yet understated episode.
Sure, there may not be a whole lot of suspense in this episode, but it builds a tension that actually makes the climax pack a wallop. One of the many interesting things about this instalment is how much more politically correct the world is today, even though the 1950s in many ways was a much more conservative era (with hints of change coming) and there still was some of the production code remaining. In this day and age, eyebrows would be raised if one saw Janice in such deep and flirtatious conversation with an older man, and Tex would certainly have been arrested for being in the company of an underage girl (the description states that Janice is 17 but Lynley was about 15 at the time and could easily have been mistaken for younger). Janice also had begun to master the art of manipulating situations, past and present, spinning fantasies and wrapping men around her finger. Her confrontation with her frustrated aunt highlights this. I can see why Janice wanted out so badly, but at the same time I sympathized with Mae for her difficulties in controlling her niece and trying to "bring her up properly", even though compared to what is going on in today's world it seems that some of the "forbidden" things Janice does and lies about seem quite tame. Even the Wooly Bear seems like a friendly place rather than a seedy hang-out.
I began to notice that as much as Janice claimed to like Tex (and who can blame her!), she didn't want to let him get really close. And he, a hardened young man who was obviously very cynical and world-weary but not as much of a insensitive jerk as he seemed at times, was completely in the dark (both somewhat literally and figuratively). How ironic that Stan, the guy she dissed was the one who would have taken her away if she would have waited a little while. But Janice only cared for what she wanted and what these guys could bring her. She was prepared to let Tex take the blame for what she did, but her actions came back to bite her.
I have seen Vince Edwards criticized for his portrayal but his role didn't call for a wide range of emotion, and either way, he had enough presence and realism to make Tex believable, although his character's motives seemed to be something of a puzzle and a contradiction. And honestly, I don't want to over-analyze it because, well, it's Vince Edwards. The man was sexy and versatile, with more than enough magnetism to spare.
I think I've said enough, so I'll close with this: "The Young One" is a damn good, yet understated episode.
The Bad and the Beautiful
rmax30482324 April 2012
Warning: Spoilers
Carol Lynley is 17 years old, succulent and blond, and hates the Auntie she must live with. Oh, what bad habits Carol Lynley has. She doesn't hang at the Soda Shoppe with the other teens. She goes to the Wooly Bear instead, where she's consistently refused alcohol. She has a nice boyfriend but she doesn't like him because he won't run away with her. And, she dances alone in front of the other customers, just whirling around and around recklessly. Has there ever been a better picture of our depraved youth?
However, sitting at the Wooly Bear bar is a husky, hairy, dark Italianate guy who looks like he knows his way around. That would be Ben Casey, or Vince Edwards, known here as "Tex." He's a drifter, moves around uncaringly from place to place and, boy, he looks like just the guy for Carol. He looks like he could run away with her and give her great big hugs during the journey.
However, he's not as stupid or vile as he looks. Carol lures him to her house, claiming that Auntie won't hear them because she's asleep upstairs. But Tex is a little more stand-offish than the situation would seem to require.
A police car pulls up outside! Carol rips the top of her dress -- not exposing very much flesh, alas -- and runs outside screaming that Tex has just attacked her and killed her Auntie. And, in fact, there is Auntie's body, crumpled at the bottom of the stairs, looking very murdered. The police grab Tex. Then there is a twist and Carol presumably winds up in the rubber room where she's always belonged.
Neither Lynley nor Edwards (nee Vincent Edwards Zoino) show much in the way of acting talent, with Edward particularly ligneous. But he's a masculine actor and belongs on the small tube and, with decent scrips, he did fairly well in some episodes of "Ben Casey." Lynley seemed to improve in looks and performance over the next ten years. This episode was directed by Robert Altman, which may account for some of its slightly cockeyed quality, but Altman was still clearly learning his chops.
However, sitting at the Wooly Bear bar is a husky, hairy, dark Italianate guy who looks like he knows his way around. That would be Ben Casey, or Vince Edwards, known here as "Tex." He's a drifter, moves around uncaringly from place to place and, boy, he looks like just the guy for Carol. He looks like he could run away with her and give her great big hugs during the journey.
However, he's not as stupid or vile as he looks. Carol lures him to her house, claiming that Auntie won't hear them because she's asleep upstairs. But Tex is a little more stand-offish than the situation would seem to require.
A police car pulls up outside! Carol rips the top of her dress -- not exposing very much flesh, alas -- and runs outside screaming that Tex has just attacked her and killed her Auntie. And, in fact, there is Auntie's body, crumpled at the bottom of the stairs, looking very murdered. The police grab Tex. Then there is a twist and Carol presumably winds up in the rubber room where she's always belonged.
Neither Lynley nor Edwards (nee Vincent Edwards Zoino) show much in the way of acting talent, with Edward particularly ligneous. But he's a masculine actor and belongs on the small tube and, with decent scrips, he did fairly well in some episodes of "Ben Casey." Lynley seemed to improve in looks and performance over the next ten years. This episode was directed by Robert Altman, which may account for some of its slightly cockeyed quality, but Altman was still clearly learning his chops.
The bold young one
TheLittleSongbird23 September 2022
Fine director Robert Altman directed two episodes of 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents', of which "The Young One" is the first. The other being "Together", also from Season 3. The other most notable aspect is the subject matter, which is one of the most daring and most ahead of its time subject matters up to this point of 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents' run. The only other episode to have a subject as daring and have execution as unyielding, as far as the previous entries go, is perhaps Season 1's "Never Again".
"The Young One" is an excellent episode, it may not be one of the very highest rated episodes of Season 3. But for me it actually it is better than some episodes of the season rated higher and among the better episodes of the first quarter of the season. The subject may be a turn off for some, and while it is quite different territory for 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents' that the series dared go near one that was very rarely covered in film and television and certainly not executed in as a pull no punches way as seen here.
Did feel that the lead up up to the climax was on the rushed and anti-climactic side, which made me feel worried that the twist ending would be anti-climactic and abrupt as well.
Luckily it wasn't, actually thought it was stunningly executed and one of the season's biggest shockers. Another reason as to why "The Young One" works as well as it does is the very layered, beyond her years performance of Carol Lynley. Very brave of her to do something as sensitive territory and bold at so young an age and it is a performance that is sensual, moving and intense. Vince Edwards is very good also, if not quite as much as Lynley, and they have very strong chemistry together.
Altman directs with tautness and sensitivity throughout and doesn't trivialise or overdo the content, both easy to do in fear of not offending. The story is not the most suspenseful one of the series, but it has tension and is suitably disturbingly unflinching, pulling no punches while not being heavy handed. The script is thought provoking and is harrowing yet tactful.
Production values are not elaborate but are strong and slick enough. Hitchcock delivers on the drollness and the tone of his bookending doesn't jar too much tonally, it did in "Never Again" but not here. The theme music is timeless.
In conclusion, excellent. 9/10.
"The Young One" is an excellent episode, it may not be one of the very highest rated episodes of Season 3. But for me it actually it is better than some episodes of the season rated higher and among the better episodes of the first quarter of the season. The subject may be a turn off for some, and while it is quite different territory for 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents' that the series dared go near one that was very rarely covered in film and television and certainly not executed in as a pull no punches way as seen here.
Did feel that the lead up up to the climax was on the rushed and anti-climactic side, which made me feel worried that the twist ending would be anti-climactic and abrupt as well.
Luckily it wasn't, actually thought it was stunningly executed and one of the season's biggest shockers. Another reason as to why "The Young One" works as well as it does is the very layered, beyond her years performance of Carol Lynley. Very brave of her to do something as sensitive territory and bold at so young an age and it is a performance that is sensual, moving and intense. Vince Edwards is very good also, if not quite as much as Lynley, and they have very strong chemistry together.
Altman directs with tautness and sensitivity throughout and doesn't trivialise or overdo the content, both easy to do in fear of not offending. The story is not the most suspenseful one of the series, but it has tension and is suitably disturbingly unflinching, pulling no punches while not being heavy handed. The script is thought provoking and is harrowing yet tactful.
Production values are not elaborate but are strong and slick enough. Hitchcock delivers on the drollness and the tone of his bookending doesn't jar too much tonally, it did in "Never Again" but not here. The theme music is timeless.
In conclusion, excellent. 9/10.
She can't be all bad
Archbishop_Laud17 August 2013
Warning: Spoilers
A few things make this episode stand out. First, it was directed by Robert Altman (he did a lot of TV before turning to film). Second, Hitchcock takes his deadpan post-episode commentary to new heights (depths?), but to further explain would require spoilers. I laughed out loud.
This is a bratty girl episode, of which the series gave us several. Carol Lynlee is fine, I think, but teenagers were so much different back then, it's hard to rate for realism. There are interesting period details. E.g., the local soda shop owner and police officer both look out for her at the request of her Aunt.
It's not a great episode, and the lead character is certainly annoying, but it's not bad.
This is a bratty girl episode, of which the series gave us several. Carol Lynlee is fine, I think, but teenagers were so much different back then, it's hard to rate for realism. There are interesting period details. E.g., the local soda shop owner and police officer both look out for her at the request of her Aunt.
It's not a great episode, and the lead character is certainly annoying, but it's not bad.
Extraordinary Performance By a Young Carol Lynley!!
kidboots30 April 2013
It is amazing that Carol Lynley, at just 15 and in only her 4th TV appearance, should give such a rounded, multi faceted performance of a very troubled girl. Unlike another reviewer, I found the tension there from the start as Janice's - "the young one" - high spirits just cannot hide a mounting hysteria. Instead of hanging out at the Soda Shoppe, she prefers to spend her time at the Woolley Bear, a local dive, and also getting exasperated at the manager who insists on serving her lemonade!!
She catches the eye of a moody drifter (Vince Edwards, before he became "Ben Casey") but even he finds her too much of a handful. She is determined to leave this town and if her wimpy boyfriend won't help, maybe Edwards will. Her dream is to flee this dreary 'burb and she will let nothing stop in her way - especially not her aunt who she describes as a tyrant but turns out to be just a worried older woman. Janice's scenes with her aunt who is caring and very concerned for the well being of her troubled niece will make you realise there is something very wrong with Janice.
She catches the eye of a moody drifter (Vince Edwards, before he became "Ben Casey") but even he finds her too much of a handful. She is determined to leave this town and if her wimpy boyfriend won't help, maybe Edwards will. Her dream is to flee this dreary 'burb and she will let nothing stop in her way - especially not her aunt who she describes as a tyrant but turns out to be just a worried older woman. Janice's scenes with her aunt who is caring and very concerned for the well being of her troubled niece will make you realise there is something very wrong with Janice.
Excellent episode but stand by what I said for 'Sylvia'
glitterrose17 July 2022
Warning: Spoilers
This episode might be up your alley if you tried to watch "Sylvia" and couldn't make it past the father and daughter in that episode being the same age. This episode came first but the two storylines are similar but a few differences.
1. Janice is actually a teenage girl played by a teenage girl
2. Swap out protective father for a protective aunt
3. Bring in somebody you can try a pin a murder on.
So let's get down to it. Janice is our lead character and she's being taken care of by her Aunt Mae. Aunt Mae's not a bad woman. Sad thing is that she seemed rather easy going. She just wants Janice to be good. Trouble is Janice doesn't want to be good. She even mocks the concept by calling it corny.
Janice has her independence. She's got a boyfriend named Stan. It's obvious Aunt Mae doesn't mind her going for a soda or some other tame teenage activity. But Janice wants to be at a bar and order alcohol. Of course she's not served liquor since she's a teenager. Janice is desperate to be older. She scoffs at her boyfriend and seems to get pleasure by steamrolling over him.
Anyway, clearly this episode is good at painting Janice out to be a brat. And just like what I said about Sylvia's father, neither adult is a bad person. There's not one scene with Aunt Mae where I thought Janice is right and her aunt is truly a monster. I can see why Janice wants to get away from her.
Yep, that's also one of Janice's obsessions. She just wants to leave. She tries getting Stan to take her away. Janice moves onto her next idea. There's been this man named Tex hanging out while Janice is with Stan at this bar. Janice goes back alone and starts talking to Tex. Janice is then sent home by a cop at the bar but Tex comes along for the ride. Big mistake.
Janice and Tex are back at her Aunt's house and Janice is playing the waiting game. The cop that sent her home was gonna be checking up on her later. Janice warns Tex to keep quiet because she didn't want to disturb her Aunt. Tex quickly sees the mistake he made coming to this house. Janice tears at her clothes and starts screaming her head off when she hears the cop approaching. She says Tex was trying to attack her. But the biggest surprise of all involves Aunt Mae laying at the bottom of the stairs. Janice tries to pin this murder on Tex. Thankfully Stan comes into the house at that point. He had came by when Janice went out because he was going to take her away. Instead he saw Aunt Mae at the bottom of the stairs where Janice left her. His story is able to clear Tex completely.
Janice is Janice up to the very end. She didn't want to kill her but she just wouldn't leave her alone.
Very enjoyable episode with a delightful performance from Carol Lynley. Would highly recommend this episode as well.
1. Janice is actually a teenage girl played by a teenage girl
2. Swap out protective father for a protective aunt
3. Bring in somebody you can try a pin a murder on.
So let's get down to it. Janice is our lead character and she's being taken care of by her Aunt Mae. Aunt Mae's not a bad woman. Sad thing is that she seemed rather easy going. She just wants Janice to be good. Trouble is Janice doesn't want to be good. She even mocks the concept by calling it corny.
Janice has her independence. She's got a boyfriend named Stan. It's obvious Aunt Mae doesn't mind her going for a soda or some other tame teenage activity. But Janice wants to be at a bar and order alcohol. Of course she's not served liquor since she's a teenager. Janice is desperate to be older. She scoffs at her boyfriend and seems to get pleasure by steamrolling over him.
Anyway, clearly this episode is good at painting Janice out to be a brat. And just like what I said about Sylvia's father, neither adult is a bad person. There's not one scene with Aunt Mae where I thought Janice is right and her aunt is truly a monster. I can see why Janice wants to get away from her.
Yep, that's also one of Janice's obsessions. She just wants to leave. She tries getting Stan to take her away. Janice moves onto her next idea. There's been this man named Tex hanging out while Janice is with Stan at this bar. Janice goes back alone and starts talking to Tex. Janice is then sent home by a cop at the bar but Tex comes along for the ride. Big mistake.
Janice and Tex are back at her Aunt's house and Janice is playing the waiting game. The cop that sent her home was gonna be checking up on her later. Janice warns Tex to keep quiet because she didn't want to disturb her Aunt. Tex quickly sees the mistake he made coming to this house. Janice tears at her clothes and starts screaming her head off when she hears the cop approaching. She says Tex was trying to attack her. But the biggest surprise of all involves Aunt Mae laying at the bottom of the stairs. Janice tries to pin this murder on Tex. Thankfully Stan comes into the house at that point. He had came by when Janice went out because he was going to take her away. Instead he saw Aunt Mae at the bottom of the stairs where Janice left her. His story is able to clear Tex completely.
Janice is Janice up to the very end. She didn't want to kill her but she just wouldn't leave her alone.
Very enjoyable episode with a delightful performance from Carol Lynley. Would highly recommend this episode as well.
Case of youthful exuberance
kapelusznik1831 December 2014
Warning: Spoilers
****SPOILERS**** Sick & tired of her Aunt Mea, Jeanette Nolan, telling her what to do 15 year old Janice, Carol Lynley, spends her spare time at the notorious Wolly Bear Road House looking for action with the local hard drinking sh*t-kickers who spend there time there chilling out. It's Janice's meek as well as abused, in being a 1st class wimp, boyfriend Stan, Stephen Joyce, who tries to get her out of the habit of getting into trouble there by being underage and hanging out with the wrong crowd. Finding the "Man" of her dreams the hairy and muscled bound drifter Tex, Vince Edwards, Janice goes out of her way trying to get the big guy interested as well as spend the night with her. Tex for his part shows no interest in Janice knowing that in having anything to do with her sexually would end up putting him behind bars for life if not longer.
Never giving Tex time to even breath Janice finally forces him to take her home where if her Aunt Mea saw them together she would blow a fit. It's there that Janic plans to get even with her overbearing Aunt Mea and use the unsuspecting Tex to do the job for her. Making out, by acting hysterical, that Tex attempted to assault her has local Sheriff Matt,Rusty Lane, come on the scene and finds Aunt Mea dead with her skull smashed in. Now really in hot water the shocked and confused Tex the #1 suspect in Aunt Mea's murder could only plead innocent, which no one will believe, in Aunt Mea's death!
****SPOILERS**** With everything going smoothly for Janice and Tex looking at a life sentence, at the last, behind bars the truth suddenly comes to light to what really happened and who was behind it. And that turned out to be Janice's dejected boyfriend Stan who just happened to come on the scene to ask, on his hands and knees, Janice out on a date. If Stan whom Janice earlier told to get lost and stayed lost had not acted like a love starved and abused puppy things would have turned out a hell of a lot different for her as well as the object of her manipulation Tex!
Never giving Tex time to even breath Janice finally forces him to take her home where if her Aunt Mea saw them together she would blow a fit. It's there that Janic plans to get even with her overbearing Aunt Mea and use the unsuspecting Tex to do the job for her. Making out, by acting hysterical, that Tex attempted to assault her has local Sheriff Matt,Rusty Lane, come on the scene and finds Aunt Mea dead with her skull smashed in. Now really in hot water the shocked and confused Tex the #1 suspect in Aunt Mea's murder could only plead innocent, which no one will believe, in Aunt Mea's death!
****SPOILERS**** With everything going smoothly for Janice and Tex looking at a life sentence, at the last, behind bars the truth suddenly comes to light to what really happened and who was behind it. And that turned out to be Janice's dejected boyfriend Stan who just happened to come on the scene to ask, on his hands and knees, Janice out on a date. If Stan whom Janice earlier told to get lost and stayed lost had not acted like a love starved and abused puppy things would have turned out a hell of a lot different for her as well as the object of her manipulation Tex!
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