so young so bad be a juvenile version of cage with the female prisoner be of the teenage variety . in fact the it obvious to me that this film be absolutely an attempt to cash in on the popularity and notoriety of mgm female classic . it not an all female cast though . paul henreid play a new prison psychologist who with catherine mcleod be shock at the sadistic treatment meted out by the head of the institution and cecil clovelly and the head guard grace coppin who be a slimmed down and tone down version of hope emerson . the most fascinating aspect of this film be the fact that of the four girl who be the focus of the plot and three of them go on to have some pretty substantial career . the four be anne francis and rita moreno and anne jackson and and enid pulver . anne francis make her film debut in this and she the sexpot of the group . she an unwed mother who have her cap now set for paul henreid and i be not quite sure how he be able to resist the temptation . you could tell this woman have a future in hollywood . but the best performance in this film be that of rita moreno . she play a mentally disturbed teen who be the special object of cruelty by coppin with tragic result . though so young so bad be a trashy film and it interest to see how many star come out of it . or in spite of it .