Bad Girls Do Cry (1954)
* 1/2 (out of 4)
Sally Down (Misty Ayers) is your typical small town girl who heads off to Hollywood where she plans on becoming a star. She gets a rude awakening early on when she's sexually attacked and the man also shoots her up with drugs. This leads her on a downward spiral of various evil things.
Ayers was a striptease star back in the day and this ultra low-budget film was obviously meant to cash in on her success. If you're hoping to see her naked then you're going to be disappointed because outside of a few shots of her butt crack there's really not much here. This early exploitation film still features enough naughty moments that I'm sure had "fans" excited back in the day.
At just under a hour, there's really not too much going on here. As you'd expect there's the voice-over narration, which pretty much leads us through the limited story. We get a few very campy and at times hilarious moments due to the bad acting and silly style. This includes the scene where Ayers is attacked. I won't spoil what happens but it's quite silly and funny.
The majority of the running time deals with Ayers looking at herself in the mirror and switching in and out of clothes. The Monroe look-a-like is certainly very attractive but this grade Z production does very little for her quality wise.