Name: Beat Girl
Director: Edmond T. Gréville
Genre: Drama
Released: 1960-01-01
Duration: 89 min

“My mother was a stripper… I want to be a stripper too!”

Beat Girl (1960) depicts a defiant teenage girl who sets out to sabotage her father’s marriage to his glamorous new wife, embracing London’s youth culture in an act of rebellion. As provocative choices, questionable companions, and increasingly reckless behavior carry her beyond her control, family conflict gives way to mounting personal danger. This British youth drama blends juvenile delinquency, crime, and social commentary, exploring rebellion, identity, sexual awakening, generational conflict, and the consequences of defiance.

Beat Girl Blu-ray & DVD editions

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Comparison of Beat Girl Blu-ray & DVD Editions
Disc Extras	Severin BD-ALL/US 2026	BFI BD-ALL/UK 2016	Mondo Crash DVD-1/US/OOP 2003
Audio Commentary by Kevin Lyons and Jonathan Rigby
London After Dark: The Rise and Fall of Sinful Soho - Video Essay by David Flint (43:35)
Interview with Actress Gillian Hills (25:28)
Alternate Sequences (~3:00)
Theatrical Trailer (1:36)
“Beauty in Brief” (Short, 1955, 3:50)
“Cross-Roads” (Short, 1955, 19:17)
“Goodnight with Sabrina” (Short, 1958, 3:49)

Edition and Packaging Notes

Severin’s Blu-ray is included in “The Eurocrypt of Christopher Lee, Collection 3” box set with The Hands of Orlac (1960), The Virgin of Nuremberg (1963), Arabian Adventure (1979), A Feast at Midnight (1994) and The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee (2024). It includes a 146-page booklet with writing by Jonathan Rigby (“Christopher Lee: Eight Decades of a Dark Horse”).
BFI’s Blu-ray includes a 20-page booklet with writing by Josepine Botting, Gillian Hills, Vic Pratt, Johnny Trunk.
Mondo Crash’s DVD contains no extras.

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London After Dark: The Rise and Fall of Sinful Soho (43:35)
Interview with Actress Gillian Hills (25:28)
Theatrical Trailer (1:36)

Editions	Severin BD 2026 Video File 1 Codec: MPEG-4 AVC Resolution: 1080p24 Overall bit rate: 29.99 Mbps Aspect ratio: 1.66:1 Length:1:27:45.041 File size: 20.46 GiB Notes: Theatrical Version File 2 Codec: MPEG-4 AVC Resolution: 1080p24 Overall bit rate: 29.99 Mbps Aspect ratio: 1.66:1 Length:1:33:49.173 File size: 22.04 GiB Notes: Extended Version Audio File 1 Language: English DTS-HD MA 2.0 Mono Sampling rate: 48 kHz Bit rate: 1831 kbps Bit depth: 24-bit Subtitles English SDH
Editions	BFI BD 2016 Video File 1 Codec: MPEG-4 AVC Resolution: 1080p Aspect ratio: 1.66:1 Notes: Theatrical Version File 2 Codec: MPEG-4 AVC Resolution: 1080p Aspect ratio: 1.66:1 Notes: Alternate Version File 3 Codec: MPEG-4 AVC Resolution: 1080p Aspect ratio: 1.66:1 Notes: Extended Version Audio File 1 Language: English LPCM 2.0 Mono Subtitles English SDH
Extras	Audio Commentary by Kevin Lyons and Jonathan Rigby Severin BD
	London After Dark: The Rise and Fall of Sinful Soho - Video Essay by David Flint (43:35, 1080p) Severin BD
	Interview with Actress Gillian Hills (25:28, 1080p) Severin BD
	Alternate Sequences (~3:00) BFI BD
	Theatrical Trailer (1:36, 1080p) Severin BD
	“Beauty in Brief” (Short, 1955, 3:50) BFI BD
	“Cross-Roads” (Short, 1955, 19:17) BFI BD
	“Goodnight with Sabrina” (Short, 1958, 3:49) BFI BD