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Director:
Jerrold Freedman
Writers:
Calvin Clements Sr. (writer)
Thomas Rickman (writer)
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Release Date:
2 August 1972 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
The Hottest Thing On Wheels
Plot:
Roller-derby skater K. C. Carr tries to balance her desire for a happy personal life and her dreams of stardom. | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. more
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Raquel skates like a truck! more (12 total)

Cast

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Raquel Welch ... K.C. Carr
Kevin McCarthy ... Burt Henry
Helena Kallianiotes ... Jackie Burdette
Norman Alden ... Horrible Hank Hopkins
Jeanne Cooper ... Trainer Vivien
Richard Lane ... TV Spokesman Jen

Jodie Foster ... Rita
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Martine Bartlett ... Mrs. Carr
Patti 'Moo Moo' Cavin ... Big Bertha Bogliani
William Gray Espy ... Randy

Stephen Manley ... Walt
Russ Marin ... Dick Wicks
Jimmy Nickerson ... Fan
Shelly Novack ... Fan
Mary Kay Pass ... Lovey
Georgia Schmidt ... Old Dame

Cornelia Sharpe ... Tammy O'Brien
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Runtime:
99 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
UK:15 (video rating) (1986) | UK:AA (original rating) | West Germany:18 | USA:PG
Filming Locations:
Fresno, California, USA more
Company:
Artists Entertainment Complex more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Raquel Welch performed most of her own stunts. more
Quotes:
Horrible Hank Hopkins: I guess they got their money's worth tonight, didn't they, K.C.? more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in The World of Austin Powers (2002) (V) more

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4 out of 8 people found the following comment useful.
Raquel skates like a truck!, 14 September 2000
7/10
Author: Boyo-2

As a kid I lived and breathed the Roller Derby. When this movie came out and it was so seedy, it was interesting only as a B-movie, with a big star, and nothing more. It has too many scenes of poor K.C. Carr (Raquel) moaning and groaning over something. No one gives the girl a break - her mother (Martine Bartlett, who played another monster mother to Sally Field in TV's "Sybil"), is tired of watching her kid (Jodie Foster!) and does not understand why the woman is doing what she is doing for a living. Her teammates and the opposition all dislike her, for some reason - all so that in the final scenes K.C. finally does what she wants and says to hell with anything and anyone else. Its not exactly the finest moment of liberation you've ever seen, but it'll do.

Raquel also rarely appeared in skates - her double is seen more than she is. Maybe the double should have done the acting as well.

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