Mamie Van Doren and Lori Nelson in UNTAMED YOUTH (1957).

Mamie Van Doren and Lori Nelson in UNTAMED YOUTH (1957)

Sisters Jane and Penny are arrested for hitchhiking on their way to Los Angeles when they stop for a quick skinny-dip in a rural village. Local agricultural magnate Tropp, who sponsors a nearby prison work program, puts the women in the cotton fields to work off their sentence. Tropp marries the middle-aged widowed judge to ensure a stable supply of cheap labor to undercut his competition. The prisoners suffer ill treatment, but the judge’s son has signed on as a hired hand and begins to figure out the scam as he falls in love with Jane, while Penny dreams of making it big in showbiz.