Hollywood Social Problem Films of the 1950s

Although you won't hear the word uttered, the theme of this film is abortion. A boy and a girl find themselves about to become unwed parents. Desperate for help, they can't turn to their own parents, who are preoccupied and out of touch. As a last resort, the teenagers decide to take extreme, and illegal, measures. (USA, 1959, 35mm, b/w, 89 min.)