The Pom Pom Girls (1976)

User Rating:

5.1/10   

Director:

Joseph Ruben

Writers:

Robert J. Rosenthal (story)
Joseph Ruben (screenplay)

Release Date:

May 1976 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

They Were the Girls of Our Dreams ...

Plot:

A football player at Rosedale High School is amorous of one of the cheerleaders, who is going with another guy...

Plot Keywords:

High School | Cheerleader | American Football | Female Nudity | Rivalry

Cast

Robert Carradine	...	Johnnie
Jennifer Ashley	...	Laurie
Michael Mullins	...	Jesse
Lisa Reeves	...	Sally
Bill Adler	...	Duane
James Gammon	...	Coach
Susan Player	...	Sue Ann
Cheryl Smith	...	Roxanne (as Rainbeaux Smith)
Diane Lee Hart	...	Judy
Lou Fant	...	Principal
John Lawrence	...	Sheriff
Sondra Lowell	...	Miss Pritchitt (as Sandra Lowell)
Faith Christopher	...	Mother
John Sebastian	...	Father
Jim Kester	...	Hardin Tough

Also Known As:

Palisades High

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Canada:18+ (Quebec) | Canada:R (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Iceland:L | Finland:K-16 | UK:15 | USA:PG (edited for re-rating) (1977) | USA:R (original rating)

Filming Locations:

Chaminade High School - 7500 Chaminade Avenue, West Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Crown International Pictures

Trivia:

The music on the soundtrack of The Pom Pom Girls was, in fact, originally a 20th Century Records self-titled 1975 album by the group Cotton, Lloyd & Christian. Copies of that album that were returned to 20th Century were repackaged and redistributed in 1976 upon release of the film. On most copies, the Pom Pom Girls title appeared on the album jacket but not on the record's label.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Johnny and Duane are having their "food battle" in the school cafeteria, near the end, there is a drinking straw wrapper stuck to the back of Johnny's head, which disappears, and then reappears.

Movie Connections:

Edited into 42nd Street Forever, Volume 2: The Deuce (2006) (V)

Velveeta!

In the universe of cheese, this one ranks (and I DO mean RANKs) as the cheesiest. Come to think of it, it's not Velveeta, it's Limburger...it STINKS!

While all movies require some degree of the 'willing suspension of disbelief", the extreme nature of the unrealistic situations, reactions, and responses in this movie makes it absolutely painful to watch. It's on a double feature DVD from Rhino with "The Beach Girls", which is marginally better, but still not worth the cost. Run away, run away.