Too Young to Love (film)

Too Young to Love
Original British quad poster
Directed by	Muriel Box
Produced by	Herbert Smith Sydney Box
Written by	Muriel Box Sydney Box
Based on	Pickup Girl (play) by Elsa Shelley
Starring	Thomas Mitchell Pauline Hahn Joan Miller
Music by	Bruce Montgomery
Cinematography	Gerald Gibbs
Edited by	Jean Barker
Production company	Welbeck Films Ltd.
Distributed by	J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors (UK)
Release date	1959
Running time	88 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Too Young to Love is a 1959 British drama film directed by Muriel Box and starring Pauline Hahn, Joan Miller, and Austin Willis. It was based on the play Pickup Girl by Elsa Shelley.

In juvenile court, 15-year-old Elizabeth (Pauline Hahn) recounts her story (in flashback) before the judge. Elizabeth lives with her working mother in New York while her father is away working in California. Elizabeth's tale is one of parental neglect and lack of guidance. She gets in with "the wrong crowd". After an affair with a sailor, she has an abortion and is eventually arrested for teenage prostitution. The judge (Thomas Mitchell) is sympathetic, but Elizabeth's fate hangs in the balance.

TV Guide wrote, "(Thomas) Mitchell does all he can to keep this picture from failing, but it's not enough...this is hurt mainly by its excess of courtroom scenes."