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Female Trouble(1974)
Status: Released
Date: 1974-10-11
70%
200 Votes
Time: 1h 37m
Nice girls don't wear cha-cha heels.
Overview:
Dawn Davenport progresses from a teenage nightmare hell-bent on getting cha-cha heels for Christmas to a fame monster whose egomaniacal impulses land her in the electric chair.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
Budget: $25,000.00
Revenue: $9,118.00
ProductionCompanies:
Dreamland
Movie: Female Trouble
Top 10 Billed Cast
Divine
Dawn Davenport / Earl Peterson
David Lochary
Donald Dasher
Mary Vivian Pearce
Donna Dasher
Mink Stole
Taffy Davenport
Edith Massey
Ida Nelson
Cookie Mueller
Concetta
Paul Swift
Butterfly
George Figgs
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