The Swinging Cheerleaders (1974)

Director:

Jack Hill

Writers:

Jack Hill
David Kidd

Release Date:

June 1974 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Drama | Sport

Tagline:

They gave their all for the team!

Plot:

In order to write an expose on how cheerleading demeans women, a reporter for a college newspaper infiltrates the cheerleading squad. |

Plot Keywords:

Cheerleading | Female Removes Her Clothes | Threat | Cheerleader | Breasts

Cast

Jo Johnston	...	Kate
Cheryl Smith	...	Andrea (as Rainbeaux Smith)
Colleen Camp	...	Mary Ann
Rosanne Katon	...	Lisa
Ron Hajak	...	Buck
Ric Carrott	...	Ross
Jason Sommers	...	Prof. Thorpe
Ian Sander	...	Ron
George Wallace	...	Mr. Putnam
Jack Denton	...	Coach Turner
John Quade	...	Belski
Bob Minor	...	Ryan
Mae Mercer	...	Jessica Thorpe
Dion Lane	...	Janie Hamilton
Hank Rolike	...	Bartender
Fred Scheiwiller	...	Jerry
Jodi Carlson	...	Other Cheerleader
Gary Schneider	...	Jock at Party
Sandy Dempsey	...	Girl at Tryouts (as Sandra Dempsey)
Candy All	...	Girl at Tryouts

Directed by
Jack Hill

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Jack Hill		(as Jane Witherspoon)
David Kidd		(as Betty Conklin)

Produced by
John Prizer	....	producer

Original Music by
William Allen Castleman		(as William Castleman)
William Loose

Cinematography by
Alfred Taylor		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Morton Tubor		(as Mort Tubor)

Casting by
Gino Havens		(as Geno Havens)

Production Design by
Beala Neel		(as B.B. Neel)
Robin Royce		(as Robinson Royce)

Costume Design by
Terry Kurnow		(as Terry Lynn Kurnow)

Makeup Department
Dan Perri	....	hair designer
Dan Perri	....	makeup designer
Shelley von Strunckel	....	makeup assistant

Production Management
Daisy Gerber	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Daisy Gerber	....	first assistant director
Pat Kehoe	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Keith Michl	....	property master

Sound Department
Jean Clark	....	boom operator
Bob J. Human	....	sound effects (as Bob Human)
Don Jones	....	sound mixer
A. David Marshall	....	sound effects (as David Marshall)

Stunts
Bob Minor	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Richard Cronn	....	gaffer (as Dick Cronn)
David Dans	....	camera operator (as Dave Dans)
Dick Kendall	....	first assistant camera
George Ressler	....	grip (as George Resler)
Andy Romanoff	....	still photographer
Bernie Schwartz	....	grip
David Schwartz	....	electrician (as Dave Schwartz)
Ted Shinneman	....	grip

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Shelley von Strunckel	....	wardrobe assistant

Editorial Department
Sandra Estrin	....	assistant editor
Maria Lease	....	editor: stock footage

Music Department
Milton Lustig	....	music editor (as Milt Lustig)

Other crew
Leah Appet	....	script supervisor
Jeff Begun	....	production executive
Dexter Kelly	....	production assistant
Tory Levee	....	auditor
Tory Levee	....	production secretary

Production Companies

• Centaur

Distributors

• Anchor Bay Entertainment (USA) (DVD)
• Centaur
• Force Entertainment (2007) (Australia) (DVD)
• Monterey Video (video)
• Saguenay Films (Canada)
• Southern Video Centre (SVC) (1983) (UK) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Cinefx  opticals
• Consolidated Film Industries (CFI)  negative cutting
• Ryder Sound Services  sound
• f-Stop  opticals

Also Known As:

"H.O.T.S. II" - USA (video title)
"Locker Room Girls" - USA (reissue title)

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:R | UK:18 | Iceland:16 | Australia:MA15+ (2007)

Filming Locations:

Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Centaur

Trivia:

Selected by Quentin Tarantino for the First Quentin Tarantino Film Fest in Austin, Texas, 1996. This movie was also featured in the Satan's Cheerleader Camp Film Fest in Austin in 2000, hosted by The Satan's Cheerleaders, who were given special thanks at the end of Grindhouse (2007).

Goofs:

Factual errors: Radio voice over for opening football game states score as 53-0 Mesa. Scoreboard shot shows quarter scores of 21-14-7-12 total 53. However 21-14-7-12 add up to 54.

Movie Connections:

Featured in The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made (2004) (V)

"Hey! We screwed the wrong team"

Remember when they used to show films like these late at night on cable in the eighties and it seemed so daring. High camp film that has now been put on the Tarentino pedestal of high art and I'm not arguing. Lots of sex, polyester, and actors you know are matrons who cringe when they look back at their youth.