The Violent Years is a 1956 American exploitation film directed by William Morgan and starring Playboy Playmate Jean Moorhead as Paula Parkins, the leader of a gang of juvenile delinquent high school girls. The film is notable for having an uncredited Ed Wood as the author of its screenplay. It was released in 1956 on a double bill with the reissued 1954 German import Conchita and the Engineer.