Karen wants more action out of life and quits her job at the cannery to become a skater in the roller derby. She encounters friction from the other skaters - especially Mickey, the current ...
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| Claudia Jennings | ... | Karen Walker | |
| Louis Quinn | ... | Mr. Stern | |
| Betty Anne Rees | ... | Mickey | |
| Roberta Collins | ... | Jennifer | |
| Alan Vint | ... | Greg | |
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Candice Roman | ... | Donna |
| Jay Varela | ... | Nick | |
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Charlene Jones | ... | Beverly Brayton |
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Joe E. Tata | ... | Marshall |
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Maxine Gates | ... | Angie Striker |
| Kathleen Freeman | ... | Karen's Mother | |
| John Harmon | ... | Doctor | |
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Karl Rizzo | ... | Referee |
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Karen wants more action out of life and quits her job at the cannery to become a skater in the roller derby. She encounters friction from the other skaters - especially Mickey, the current number one star of the team. Karen proves herself a feisty competitor but refuses to be a team player. As she skates her way to roller stardom, she incurs the wrath of jealous team members and the owner of the team. Written by Ed Sutton <esutton@mindspring.com>
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10 November 1972 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Written by Bobby Hart, Danny Janssen
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Donna: Now she thinks its the breathe. Before that, it was the god damn arm pits. She's always got some reason nobody will ball her. And the real reason is: she's the lousiest ball on this bus.See more »
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Stay Away From KarenWritten by Bobby Hart, Danny Janssen
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Fed up with being sexually harassed at work "Karen Walker" (Claudia Jennings) quits her job and auditions for a spot on the local roller derby team. She quickly recognizes that she has found her life's calling but in the process manages to alienate the rest of her team because of her unquenchable desire to steal the spotlight from them. Her unstable mental condition and total lack of discipline certainly don't help either. Now as far as this film is concerned allow me to say that it boasts of three very attractive females in Roberta Collins (as "Jennifer"), Candice Roman (as Karen's sister "Donna") along with the aforementioned Claudia Jennings. Unfortunately, even with this great lineup the film contained some rather dull scenes along with very little cohesion between them which resulted in an overall cheap atmosphere. In comparison with a similar roller derby movie made the same year, "Kansas City Bomber" was clearly the better of the two films as it was much more polished and entertaining. In short, while this movie clearly had plenty of spills it had very few thrills and I give it a point for each of the three ladies mentioned earlier. But no more than that.