Dull and uneventful juvenile flick, with June Kenney spending most of the movie on the lam from a gang of girls. I spent most of the movie trying to keep awake.
The film does open with a bang, as we see a dead chick lying in an alley. The Black Widows, led by Fay Spain, arrive on the scene and realize the corpse is one of their members. They also find some evidence that incriminates Kenney.
From here, the film turns into a snoozer. The Widows and Kenney seem to just wander around, wasting my time. We get glimpses of the home lives of each of the Widows, which is supposed to make us understand why they are all screwed up. Instead, it made me want to throw up. One of the Widows has a kid sister whom she treats like crap. One who has an older sister who is about to sleep her way to a better job. Another has a father who is a cop (and she steals his gun). Kenney's parents are the most unbelievably matched pair since Fritz Feld and Virginia Christine - if you can imagine Feld as the mother.
Then there is another gang, this one composed of guys whose collective IQs would not break 10. I forgot the name of this group, because I was nodding off. So I'll just call them the Idiots. I lost track how many times these guys said "dumb broads," but I must confess, I've used a similar expression many times while driving.
Eventually it is revealed that Kenney and the dead chick had a fight, with the dead chick hurtling off a building. But by this time, you will wish everyone in the cast was dead. By the way, 30 minutes into the film, the dead chick is still lying in the alley. I hope she had a strong bladder.
Finally, there is a rumble at the Idiots hideout, between the Widows, the Tarantulas (another set of chicks), the Vandals (another set of guys), and the Knights of Columbus. This is fun for a few minutes, with the chicks clocking each other. Several guys leap through the air at their opponents, like Burt Reynolds used to do during the opening credits of "Dan August." The cops show up and almost everyone escapes. But Kenney and two of the Widows turn themselves in.
Kenney goes through various stages of hysterics, mostly unsuccessfully. She tries to convince her father that the blood on her dress is from a nosebleed. He notes that the blood stains could not be from drips, but must have occurred when someone bleeding was pressed against it. Hire this guy for "Forensic Files." Kenney's mother, played by the horrifying-looking Dorothy Neumann, looks like Judy Canova at 90 years old. Fay Spain is wasted as the leader of the Widows, as we don't even get a look at her cleavage. The Roger Corman Stock company all show up, with Richard Devon as a Detective, and Ed Nelson and Dick Cutting as cops. Bruno VeSota plays a fat drunk, which really stretches his acting abilities, as well as his pants.
The film does open with a bang, as we see a dead chick lying in an alley. The Black Widows, led by Fay Spain, arrive on the scene and realize the corpse is one of their members. They also find some evidence that incriminates Kenney.
From here, the film turns into a snoozer. The Widows and Kenney seem to just wander around, wasting my time. We get glimpses of the home lives of each of the Widows, which is supposed to make us understand why they are all screwed up. Instead, it made me want to throw up. One of the Widows has a kid sister whom she treats like crap. One who has an older sister who is about to sleep her way to a better job. Another has a father who is a cop (and she steals his gun). Kenney's parents are the most unbelievably matched pair since Fritz Feld and Virginia Christine - if you can imagine Feld as the mother.
Then there is another gang, this one composed of guys whose collective IQs would not break 10. I forgot the name of this group, because I was nodding off. So I'll just call them the Idiots. I lost track how many times these guys said "dumb broads," but I must confess, I've used a similar expression many times while driving.
Eventually it is revealed that Kenney and the dead chick had a fight, with the dead chick hurtling off a building. But by this time, you will wish everyone in the cast was dead. By the way, 30 minutes into the film, the dead chick is still lying in the alley. I hope she had a strong bladder.
Finally, there is a rumble at the Idiots hideout, between the Widows, the Tarantulas (another set of chicks), the Vandals (another set of guys), and the Knights of Columbus. This is fun for a few minutes, with the chicks clocking each other. Several guys leap through the air at their opponents, like Burt Reynolds used to do during the opening credits of "Dan August." The cops show up and almost everyone escapes. But Kenney and two of the Widows turn themselves in.
Kenney goes through various stages of hysterics, mostly unsuccessfully. She tries to convince her father that the blood on her dress is from a nosebleed. He notes that the blood stains could not be from drips, but must have occurred when someone bleeding was pressed against it. Hire this guy for "Forensic Files." Kenney's mother, played by the horrifying-looking Dorothy Neumann, looks like Judy Canova at 90 years old. Fay Spain is wasted as the leader of the Widows, as we don't even get a look at her cleavage. The Roger Corman Stock company all show up, with Richard Devon as a Detective, and Ed Nelson and Dick Cutting as cops. Bruno VeSota plays a fat drunk, which really stretches his acting abilities, as well as his pants.