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Female Trouble
Why this pick
Its aggressively stylized bad taste, confrontational camp, and deranged rise-to-fame trajectory make it a close cousin to Russ Meyer’s maximalist, moral-panic pop satire.
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MOVIE1970 1h 49m USA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Three young women—Kelly MacNamara, Casey Anderson, and Petronella "Pet" Danforth—perform in a rock band, The Kelly Affair, managed by Harris Allsworth, Kelly's boyfriend. The four travel to Los Angeles to find Kelly's estranged aunt, Susan Lake, heiress to a family fortune.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Michael Blodgett
Lance Rocke
Edy Williams
Ashley St. Ivens
James Iglehart
Randy Black
Stan Ross
Disciple
Karen Smith
Red Head
Harrison Page
Emerson Thome
Duncan McLeod
Porter Hall
Dolly Read
Kelly McNamara