The Dagger Debs are a gang of snarling girls, and Maggie (Joanne Nail) is their newest member. Lace (Robbie Lee), the ever tooth-gritting leader, befriends her but soon has doubts -- it seems Lace's man Dominic (Asher Brauner), head of the Silver Daggers, fancies the new recruit.
Director Jack Hill, one of my idols and a swell guy, has had some strange things to say about this film. He has said the script was inspired by "Othello", and has also claimed to interview real female gang members before making the movie. And yet, he readily admits the whole thing is a "wacky fantasy"...
The film not only has jail, gang fights and more... it has a pregnancy subplot! How do you beat that? While this may be no social commentary, it really does its best to be an exploitation classic (and it comes as no surprise that Quentin Tarantino has been the biggest supporter of this film.)
Director Jack Hill, one of my idols and a swell guy, has had some strange things to say about this film. He has said the script was inspired by "Othello", and has also claimed to interview real female gang members before making the movie. And yet, he readily admits the whole thing is a "wacky fantasy"...
The film not only has jail, gang fights and more... it has a pregnancy subplot! How do you beat that? While this may be no social commentary, it really does its best to be an exploitation classic (and it comes as no surprise that Quentin Tarantino has been the biggest supporter of this film.)