at 15, hills was cast in the lead for the british film "beat girl", made in 1959 and released in 1960. this was john barry's first film score. her co-star was a young adam faith in his first film role. the british board of film censors ordered cuts to be made before they would give it an x certificate. in 2016, the british film institute (b.f.i.) remastered "beat girl" from the original negative and recorded an interview with hills for the dvd release.