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. In the film, a female gang leader torments her former boyfriend and his bride.
| The Mini-Skirt Mob | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Maury Dexter |
| Written by | James Gordon White |
| Produced by | Maury Dexter |
| Starring | Diane McBain Jeremy Slate Sherry Jackson Patty McCormack |
| Cinematography | Archie R. Dalzell |
| Edited by | Sidney Levin |
| Music by | Les Baxter Val Johns |
| 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
editJilted by her ex-boyfriend Jeff Logan, Shayne (the leader of an all-female motorcycle gang) and her new boyfriend Lon decide 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
edit- Jeremy Slate as Lon
- Diane McBain as Shayne
- Sherry Jackson as Connie
- Patty McCormack as Edie
- Ross Hagen as Jeff
- Harry Dean Stanton as "Spook"
Reception
editMaury Dexter says the film was the most successful of all the ones he made at AIP.[2]
From Nostalgia Central:
There is plenty of rambunctious vitality and crude humour but the film never stoops for the cheap thrill. It’s sharply-paced, well-photographed, and the whole production has a great sense of freedom.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ "MINI-SKIRT MOB, THE (1968)". NostalgiaCentral.com. April 19, 2019. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
Further reading
edit- 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. Pdf.
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