Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
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Also Known As
- Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (France / Spain)
- Oi Agriogates (Greece)
- Faster Pussycat! Wham! Bang! (USA)
- Faster Pussycat... Kill Kill (Finland)
- Faster, Pussycat! Go! Go! (USA)
- Faster, pussycat! Kill! Kill (Finland - TV title)
- Pussycat
- Die Satansweiber von Tittfield (Germany)
- The Leather Girls
- The Mankillers
Taglines
- Russ Meyer's ode to the violence in women
- Superwomen! Belted, buckled and booted!
- Go-Go For a Wild Ride With the ACTION GIRLS!
Main Details
- Released in 1965
- Black and White
- Running Time: 83 Min.
- Production Co: Eve Productions
- Distribution Co: Constantin Film (Germany) (theatrical) | Creswin Distribution (1971) (Canada) | Eve Productions (1965) (USA) (theatrical)
Cast and Crew
- Directed by Russ Meyer
- Written by Russ Meyer, Jack Moran
- Starring Tura Satana, Haji, Lori Williams, Sue Bernard, Stuart Lancaster, Paul Trinka
- Produced by George Costello, Eve Meyer, Russ Meyer, Fred Owens
- Original Music by Paul Sawtell, Bert Shefter
- Cinematography by Walter Schenk
- Film Editing by Russ Meyer
Film Review
BEWARE! The women in this film aren't soft, tender things of beauty. They are wild, untamed, dead-sexy animals!
Three super-buxom go-go girls named Varla (Tura Satana), Rosie (Haji) and Billie (Lori Williams) leap off of the dance floor and go on a roaring rampage into the California desert where they race their sportscars in defiance of the world that supresses them. When a young couple arrive on the scene, the trouble starts. Varla challenges the girl's boyfriend Tommy (Ray Barlow) to a race and he accepts. The girls hop in their hot rods and tear off around the desert. The young man loses and this is where we see Varla taking out her pent-up female hostility on the man, making him feel like a wimpy worm. Varla continues to berate the man until he fights back and they tumble to the ground. Varla's karate skills come into play as she chops the man in the kidneys and ends up breaking his back!
The women kidnap the young girl Linda (Sue Bernard) and they take off. They arrive in a small town where they stop at a gas station. As they wait for the goofy attendant to fill their cars up, he blabbers on about an old man who lives outside town. Varla's ears perk up when she hears him talk about a large sum of money the man has hidden somewhere on his property. This gives Varla a good idea. The girls get together and decide to pay a visit to this old man and see what they can find. When the girls arrive at the old farmhouse, they try to figure out a way to find the money without calling too much attention to themselves (which isnt easy to do, the way they look!). The old man (Stuart Lancaster) has two sons, a big retarded muscleman named Vegetable (Dennis Brusch) and Kirk (Paul Trinka) an average farmer type. Varla, Rosie and Billie use their sexy charms to get information out of The Old Man and his sons. Even the super tough Varla softens up and flirts with The Old Man's son Kirk, while Billie tries to seduce the stump dumb Vegetable.
The late Director Russ Meyer creates an astounding alternative world with this film. The film was shot in a stark black and white and looks beautiful. The deep blacks (especially Varlas hair and outfit), stark whites (Billies hot pants) and medium grays of the desert backgrounds pop right off the screen. Russ combines over the top humor with excessive, almost cartoonish violence which both shocks and excites. Faster Pussycat is a true masterpiece of low budget 60s filmmaking. This is my personal favorite Russ Meyer film.
Reviewed by Popeye Pete - 6/13/07
Cool Quotes
- The Old Man: You girls a bunch of nudists or are you just short of clothes?
- Billie: I'm of legal age for whiskey, voting and loving. Now the next election is two years away, and my love life ain't getting much better, so how about some of that one-hundred-percent!
- Gas Station Attendant: [staring at Varla's chest as he pumps gas] Just passing through, huh? Boy, that motor's sure hot! You gals really must have been moving on these little machines. Yessir, the thrill of the open road. New places, new people, new sights of interest. Now that's what I believe in, seeing America first!
- Varla: You won't find it down there, Columbus!
