After Paul and Nichole go to bed, Jennifer sneaks out to the Off-Beat café in Soho for an evening of rock music and dancing with her friends, including Dave ( Adam Faith), a youth from a working-class background who plays guitar and writes songs Tony ( Peter McEnery), a general's son whose mother was killed in the Blitz and who has a drinking problem (although beatniks frown on alcohol) and Dodo ( Shirley Anne Field), Tony's well-bred girlfriend. Paul is anxious to introduce Nichole to his teenage daughter Jennifer ( Gillian Hills), but Jennifer appears less than happy about her father's remarriage and coldly rejects Nichole's friendly overtures all evening. He brings his new wife: beautiful, French, 24-year-old Nichole (Noelle Adam), whom he has just married in Paris. Paul Linden ( David Farrar), a wealthy and prominent architect, returns home to Marylebone, London. It reached number 11 on the UK Albums Chart, paving the way for the release of other film soundtrack albums. The Beat Girl soundtrack was the first British soundtrack to be released on a vinyl LP. The original music was composer John Barry's first film commission, and was performed by the John Barry Seven and Orchestra, Adam Faith, and Shirley Anne Field. The film also features Christopher Lee and Nigel Green as strip joint operators, and Oliver Reed in a small role as one of the "beat" youth. Beat Girl marked the first film roles of British pop idol Adam Faith and actor Peter McEnery, although it was not released until after other films featuring Faith ( Never Let Go) and McEnery ( Tunes of Glory) had already come out. The title character of Beat Girl was played by starlet Gillian Hills, who later went on to have numerous small roles in 1960s and 1970s films, such as Blowup and A Clockwork Orange, and became a successful " ye-ye" singer in France. The film was released in the United States under the title Wild for Kicks. Beat Girl is a 1960 British teen exploitation film directed by Edmond T.
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