The Female Bunch is a 1969[2][3] action film directed by Al Adamson, and starring Russ Tamblyn and Lon Chaney Jr.. The plot centered on a group of violent, man-hating female criminals who cause trouble near the Mexican border.

The Female Bunch
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Directed byAl Adamson
Written byJale Lockwood
Brent Nimrod
Raphael Nussbaum
Produced byRaphael Nussbaum
Mardi Rustam
StarringRuss Tamblyn
Jennifer Bishop
Lon Chaney Jr.
Alesha Lee
Geoffrey Land
Regina Carrol
CinematographyPaul Glickman
Edited bySerge Goncharoff
Brent Nimrod
Music byJaime Mendoza-Nava
Production
companies
Dalia Productions
Mardi Rustam Films
Distributed byGilbreth
Release date
  • September 1, 1971 (1971-09-01)[1]
Running time
86 minutes
LanguageEnglish

The Female Bunch was shot in the summer of 1969 at the Spahn Ranch during the time that it was occupied by the Manson Family. The film was distributed on DVD by Troma Entertainment.

Plot

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After a string of bad times with men, Sandy tries to kill herself. Co-waitress Libby saves her and takes her to meet some female friends of hers who live on a ranch in the desert. Grace, the leader of the gang, puts Sandy through her initiation and they get on with the real job of running drugs across the Mexican border, hassling poor farmers, taking any man they please, and generally raising a little hell. Soon Sandy becomes unsure if this is the life for her, but it may be too late to get out.

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Production

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In addition to Spahn Ranch, parts of the film were shot in Hanksville and Capitol Reef in Utah as well as Las Vegas, Nevada.[4]

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References

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  1. ^ "Movie search results for "the-female-bunch"".
  2. ^ Weldon, Michael (1983). "The Psychotronic Encyclopedia of Film". Ballantine Books. ISBN 9780859651561. Page 235
  3. ^ McCarty, John (1995). The Sleaze Merchants. St. Martin's Griffin Press. ISBN 0-312-11893-7.Page 103
  4. ^ D'Arc, James V. (2010). When Hollywood came to town: a history of moviemaking in Utah (1st ed.). Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith. ISBN 9781423605874.
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