High School Hellcats is a 1958 American exploitation film starring Yvonne Lime, Bret Halsey, and Jana Lund and directed by Edward L. Bernds.

It is part of a series of exploitation films about juvenile delinquents produced during the 1950s by American International Pictures.

[1] American International Pictures released the film as a double feature with Hot Rod Gang.

Humiliated, she cuts class and goes to a nearby coffee shop and meets the coffee shop employee Mike, a college student who takes night classes, as he must financially support himself.

Connie explains to her the premise of the group: the Hellcats are a girl gang who rule the social order of the school.

The next initiation test requires Joyce to go up to Riff, who is with his girlfriend, and ask him to be her date at a dance.

Joyce cries on his shoulder, says it was a terrible party, and eventually falls asleep in his arms.

Connie is reported missing and the police start questioning students at the high school.

Dolly leaves a note on Joyce's desk summoning her to a meeting that night.

This movie was part of a two-picture deal (the other movie being Hot Rod Gang) between producers Charles "Buddy" Rogers, who was the husband of "America's Sweetheart" Mary Pickford, and Ferde Grofe Jr., son of the composer Ferde Grofe, in association with a nationwide competition in Dig Magazine.

Grofe Jr. had his name removed from the credits, fearing the low-brow nature of this and Hot Rod Gang would reflect poorly on his father.

Producer James H. Nicholson responded by stating "I'd rather take my children to see these pictures than God's Little Acre[5]" The film was condemned by PTA groups in Los Angeles[6] Director Edward Bernds stated that he "never made a dime" on High School Hellcats until it sold to TV.