The Girls from Thunder Strip

1970 American film
  • March 19, 1970 (1970-03-19) (Florence, South Carolina)
Running time
80 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

The Girls from Thunder Strip is a 1970 American biker exploitation film directed by David L. Hewitt, who co-produced it with Michael Mehas.[1][2] It also featured American Top 40 DJ Casey Kasem.[3]

Story

The film is about a trio of hillbilly girls who take on a biker gang over moonshine.[4][5] The story line is basically about female bootleggers taking on a biker gang which is led by a typical bad biker called Teach.[6] They have to also deal with federal agent (played by Casey Kasem) who has been sent to the area to close the whiskey operation.[7]

Reviews

Jim McLennan of Film Blitz gave it a Cāˆ’ rating. The gratuitous nudity that would be expected of this type of exploitation film was a disappointment to him.[8]

Release info

According to The Grindhouse Database and TV Guide, it was released in 1966.[9][10] Blu-Ray.com has the US release date as March 19, 1970, and German as February 11, 1972.[11]

Cast

  • Jody McCrea .... Pike
  • Maray Ayres .... Red
  • Mick Mehas
  • Casey Kasem .... Conrad
  • Lindsay Crosby
  • William Bonner .... Animal
  • Megan Timothy .... Jessie
  • Gary Kent .... Teach
  • Melinda MacHarg .... Lil
  • Jack Starrett ... Sheriff
  • Eve Curtis
  • Dan Kemp .... Luther
  • Bruce Kimball .... Orville
  • Lisa Tinelli
  • Alex Elliot .... Alex
  • Robert H. O'Neil
  • Ricky Roberts
  • Tiffany Stone
  • Harry Woolman
  • Joe McManus
  • Gary Graver .... Pike's cousin
  • Randee Lynne Jensen .... Raped girl

Releases

Film list
Title Company Year Run time Format Ratio Notes #
The Girls from Thunder Strip Something Weird Video 2010 79 mins DVD 2.35:1 Letterboxed Widescreen Region 0 NTSC[12]

References

  1. ^ Turner Classic Movies The Girls From Thunder Strip (1966), Cast & Crew
  2. ^ Totten Tomatoes The Girls From Thunder Strip (1970)
  3. ^ Billboard.com 6/15/2014 -MUSIC NEWS, Casey Kasem, Iconic Radio Host, Dies at 82
  4. ^ Wild Beyond Belief!:
    Interviews with Exploitation Filmmakers of the 1960s and 1970s
    , By Brian Albright, 2008, ISBN 978-0-7864-3689-7 - Page 202 The Girl from Thunder Strip Megan Timothy
  5. ^ TV Guide The Girls From Thunder Strip
  6. ^ Something Weird Video GIRLS OF THUNDER STRIP - DVD-R
  7. ^ Do512 Weird Wednesday: THE GIRLS FROM THUNDER STRIP - 11:59p
  8. ^ Film Blitz, May 6, 2021 - The Girls from Thunder Strip - Jim McLennan
  9. ^ Grindouse Database The Girls from Thunder Strip
  10. ^ TV Guide - The Girls from Thunder Strip - Full Cast & Crew
  11. ^ Blu-ray.com - DIRECTED BY DAVID L. HEWITT, THE GIRLS FROM THUNDER STRIP 1970
  12. ^ 10K Bullets April 16, 2011 Girls From Thunder Strip, The - Written by: Carroll Jenkins

External links

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