Unwed Mother is a 1958 American drama film directed by Walter A. Doniger and starring Norma Moore, Robert Vaughn, Billie Bird, Diana Darrin and Jeanne Cooper.

[1] The plot concerns Betty Miller (Norma Moore), a shy country girl who moves from a farming community to Los Angeles.

She falls in love with a smooth-talking grifter, Don Bigelow (Robert Vaughn), who involves her in a robbery, gets her pregnant, then abandons her.

In jail on remand she is cruised by an elder cell mate and befriended by a strip club manageress (Billie Bird).

After visiting a drunken, backyard abortionist (Timothy Carey), Betty is confined in a home for unwed mothers and decides to give the baby up for adoption.