The Female Bunch (1971)

After a string of bad times with men, Sandy tries to kill herself. Co-waitress Libby saves her and takes her to meet some female friends of hers who live on a ranch in the desert. Grace, ... See full summary »

Director:

Al Adamson

Writers:

Raphael Nussbaum (story), Jale Lockwood (screenplay)

Stars:

Lon Chaney Jr., Russ Tamblyn, Jennifer Bishop

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Lon Chaney Jr.	...	Monti
Russ Tamblyn	...	Bill
Jennifer Bishop	...	Grace (as Jenifer Bishop)
Aleshia Brevard	...	Sadie (as A'lesha Lee)
Geoffrey Land	...	Jim (as Jeoffrey Land)
Leslie McRay	...	Dennise (as Leslie McCrea)
Nesa Renet	...	Sandy
Don Epperson	...	Scott
Sharyn Wynters	...	Sharon (as Sheryn Wynters)
Regina Carrol	...	Libby (as Gina Carol)
Albert Cole	...	(as Al Cole)
Mike Wendler
Megan Timothy	...	Pug
Susan Arnold	...	(as Sue Arnold)
Lee James

Storyline

After a string of bad times with men, Sandy tries to kill herself. Co-waitress Libby saves her and takes her to meet some female friends of hers who live on a ranch in the desert. Grace, the leader of the gang, puts Sandy through her initiation and they get on with the real job of running drugs across the Mexican border, hassling poor farmers, taking any man they please, and generally raising a little hell. Soon Sandy becomes unsure if this is the life for her, but it may be too late to get out.

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Plot Keywords:

psychotronic film | trash | ranch | female protagonist | lesbianism | 

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Taglines:

They're Wild! They're Wicked! They're Ruthless!

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Western

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Certificate:

R

Did You Know?

Trivia

Lon Chaney Jr.'s hoarse and raspy voice in this film is due to the effects of his throat cancer radiation treatment.

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Connections

Featured in Dusk to Dawn Drive-In Trash-o-Rama Show Vol. 1 (1996)

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Soundtracks

Two Lonely People
(theme song)
Music and Lyrics by John Gay and Berry Nighbert
Sung by Bruce Powers

User Reviews

Spectacular

This is a historic film it was filmed at the Spahn ranch outpost of the the Manson family or at least parts of it were. There are too many similarities between the film and that group. Ironic Manson was also a Film Consultant at Universal Studios. Anyhow the film by its self has that classic 60's free Hollywood spirit , this was a time when Hollywood as the Motion Picture Film capitol was being broken up and auctioned off piece by piece and studios were scrambling around figuring out what was going to be the next big wave in show business. The creativity of the era is what balanced it all out this was a time when money didn't mean much and you didn't need to be a big shot to get licensing. Very unlike what we saw by the late 70's. Films like this are unique and they cannot be compared to your usual run of the mill productions. Now you have to literally go through a avalanche of regulations. The value is in the spirit of the film not in the acting even though much of the acting is good if you compare it by that standard as acting stands by itself. I'd rather watch this film over again than anything coming out of my local theater.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 October 1971 (West Germany)

Also Known As:

A Time to Run

Filming Locations:

Capitol Reef National Park, Utah, USA

Box Office

Gross USA:

$54,259

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dalia Productions, Mardi Rustam Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1