Jack Town

 JACK TOWN-1962-In Michigan lay about dullard thug Frankie (Richard Meade) lives with his parents, won't get a job and pulls petty crimes with his dimwit juvenile delinquent friend Vince (Russ Paquette). His mom thinks he's "a good boy" but doesn't like him listening to that "awful rock and roll". After he has sex with a fourteen year old waitress he's convicted of statutory rape and sent to prison even though Vince made a threatening phone call to the girl's mother and got the charge dropped. He's sent to the state's largest prison nicknamed "Jack Town". Suddenly the film turns into a into a documentary about the 1952 Jack Town prison uprising. When it gets back to Frankie he's being harassed by some inmates because he's a rapist. Meanwhile his buddy Vince is shot and killed by the police after he robs a grocery store. 

The warden takes pity on Frankie and gives him a job as a gardener at his house. There he meets Margaret (Patty McCormick), the warden's daughter who takes a liking to him. The warden (Douglas Rutherford) doesn't appreciate it and gives him another job as a driver. When Frankie and a guard accompany a wounded prisoner to get medical help, the prisoner tries to escape. They two have an awkward tussle and the prisoner is shot. Frankie steals a car and hightails it. Surprise! Frankie is now a kidnapper too. There's a four year old in the back seat! He reports it to the cops and goes to Margaret's place. She tries to get him to give himself up but he's an insincere creep who only cares about himself. Eventually she talks him into going back and after serving his time becomes a model citizen (well, that's what the narrator says as anyway….). 

This is typical misunderstood youth type crime drama and rather outdated by 1962 (despite the rape angle). It was written and directed by William Martin.