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69% Critic Match
Female Trouble
“Nice girls don't wear cha-cha heels.”
6.9 / 10• 1976• 1h 38m•NR• English
ComedyCrime
Storyline
Teenage delinquent Dawn Davenport, incensed after her parents do not give her the cha-cha heels she wanted for Christmas, runs away from home. After an illegitimate child and hairstylist husband bring her more misery, she's enticed into a life of crime when the owners of her husband's salon promise her fame and fortune.
Cast & Crew
Divine
Dawn Davenport / Earl Peterson
Lead
David Lochary
Donald Dasher
Mary Vivian Pearce
Donna Dasher
Mink Stole
Taffy Davenport
Edith Massey
Aunt Ida
Cookie Mueller
Concetta
Susan Walsh
Chicklette
MP
Michael Potter
Gater
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. John Waters's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Female Trouble is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
