History YMMV / UntamedYouth

* CompleteMonster: [[CorruptHick Russ Tropp]] is a greedy, conscienceless cotton baron in the Southwestern US. Rapidly losing money due to a labor shortage, Russ seduces Judge Cecilia Steele and persuades her to send juvenile offenders to work for him as a "humane" alternative to prison. In reality, he pays them in pennies, works them until they drop--to the point that in one case, a pregnant girl suffers a miscarriage and bleeds to death -- feeds them [[MysteryMeat dog food disguised as meat]], and [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil sexually exploits the girls]], a fate which the heroine Penny Lowe barely escapes; others aren't so lucky. He attempts to conceal his crimes from his new wife and his stepson Bob, who ultimately discovers that Russ is plotting with a Mexican HumanTrafficking ring to sell some of the kids into [[SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil slavery]] across the border.

* MoodWhiplash: If you're paying attention to the plot, the movie's characteristic scenes of "teenagers dancing and partying" seem ''seriously'' out of place after a shockingly dark turn of events where [[spoiler:Baby dies of overwork on Tropp's farm]].
* OneSceneWonder: The incongruously articulate chef who appears in two scenes and feels like he came from a different movie.

* CompleteMonster: [[CorruptHick Russ Tropp]] is a greedy, conscienceless cotton baron in the Southwestern US. Rapidly losing money due to a labor shortage, Russ seduces Judge Cecilia Steele and persuades her to send juvenile offenders to work for him as a "humane" alternative to prison. In reality, he pays them in pennies, works them until they drop--to the point that in one case, a pregnant girl suffers a miscarriage and bleeds to death--feeds them [[MysteryMeat dog food disguised as meat]], and [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil sexually exploits the girls]], a fate which the heroine Penny Lowe barely escapes; others aren't so lucky. He attempts to conceal his crimes from his new wife and his stepson Bob, who ultimately discovers that Russ is plotting with a Mexican HumanTrafficking ring to sell some of the kids into [[SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil slavery]] across the border.