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1972 film
Angels' Wild Women
(originally titled
Screaming Angels
) is a 1972
biker film
written and directed by cult director
Al Adamson
.
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Preceded by
Satan's Sadists
(1969) and
Hell's Bloody Devils
(1970), it is the last in a trio of (unrelated) motorcycle gang films directed by Adamson for Independent-International Pictures Corp., a company he co-founded with Sam Sherman. The plot centers on a group of tough biker babes who leave their cycle gang boyfriends to go on a violent rampage. When a cult leader kills one of the girls, the others go out for revenge.
Plot
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A group of good motorcyclists fight against an evil hippie cult based on the murderous
Charles Manson
"family".
Cast
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- Ross Hagen
? Speed
- Kent Taylor
? Parker
- Preston Pierce ? Turk
- Regina Carrol
? Margo
- William Bonner ? King
- Arne Warde ? Slim
- Jill Woelfel ? Donna (as Jill Woefel)
- Vicki Volante ? Terry
- Albert Cole ? Weasel
- Claire Polan ? Love Child
- John Bloom ? Big Foot
- Gus Peters ? Preacher
- Linda Gordon ? Sue
- Eric Lidberg ? Freak
- Margo Hope ? Orphan Girl
- Gil Serna
- Biker
- Gary Kent
- Rapist #1
Production
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Scenes were filmed at the
Spahn Ranch
where the Manson cult had lived and some former Manson associates appeared as extras.
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After the film was completed, the producers could not distribute the film due to the dissipation of the biker-gang trend. According to Sherman (
Filmfax
#28), "...overnight, the motorcycle trend dropped dead. I don't know why, but it just died. You couldn't give away a motorcycle picture." The popularity of
Roger Corman
's
The Big Doll House
, a violent
women in prison film
with
Pam Grier
, led to a reshoot. New scenes were added featuring tough, aggressive female bikers and a Pam Grier lookalike was added to the cast. The reworked and retitled film turned out to be a big box office success for the studio.
The film is distributed by
Troma Entertainment
.
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See also
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References
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Hunter, Rob (August 2, 2020).
"
'Al Adamson: The Masterpiece Collection' Is One of the Year's Best Home Video Releases"
.
Film School Rejects
. Retrieved
May 27,
2021
.
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Coffel, Chris (February 25, 2020).
"
'Blood & Flesh: The Reel Life & Ghastly Death of Al Adamson' Shines Light on an Overlooked Legend"
.
Bloody Disgusting
. Retrieved
May 27,
2021
.
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Whittaker, Richard (September 13, 2019).
"Now Streaming in Austin:
Danger God
"
.
The Austin Chronicle
. Retrieved
May 27,
2021
.
- ^
Pratt, Douglas (2004).
Doug Pratt's DVD: Movies, Television, Music, Art, Adult, and More!
. Harbor Electronic Publishing pg. 73.
ISBN
978-0-9669-7444-7
.
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