The Mini-Skirt Mob
The Mini-Skirt Mob is a 1968 outlaw biker film about an all-female motorcycle gang. The film was directed by Maury Dexter, and stars Diane McBain, Jeremy Slate, Sherry Jackson, Patty McCormack, Harry Dean Stanton and Sandra Marshall.
| The Mini-Skirt Mob | |
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 Teaser poster | |
| Directed by | Maury Dexter |
| Produced by | Maury Dexter |
| Written by | James Gordon White |
| Starring | Diane McBain Patty McCormack Harry Dean Stanton Vic Diaz |
| Music by | Les Baxter Val Johns |
| Cinematography | Archie R. Dalzell |
| Edited by | Sidney Levin |
| Distributed by | American International Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 82 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1,500,000 (US/ Canada)[1] |
Plot
Jilted by boyfriend Jeff Logan, Shayne (the leader of an all-female motorcycle gang) decides to torment Jeff and his new bride, Connie.
The harassment backfires when Shayne's sister Edie is accidentally killed by a Molotov cocktail and when Shayne herself ends up hanging by her fingernails off a cliff.
Cast
- Diane McBain as Shayne
- Jeremy Slate as Lon
- Sherry Jackson as Connie
- Patty McCormack as Edie
- Ross Hagen as Jeff
- Harry Dean Stanton as Spook
Reception
Maury Dexter says the film was the most successful of all the ones he made at AIP.[2]
See also
References
- "Big Rental Films of 1968", Variety, January 8, 1969 p 15. Please note this figure is a rental accruing to distributors.
- Dexter, Maury (2012). Highway to Hollywood (PDF). p. 132.
Further reading
- Heldman, Caroline; Frankel, Laura Lazarus; Holmes, Jennifer (April–June 2016). ""Hot, black leather, whip" The (de)evolution of female protagonists in action cinema, 1960–2014". Sexualization, Media, and Society. 2 (2): 237462381562778. doi:10.1177/2374623815627789.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link) Pdf.
External links
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