Jessi's Girls (1975)

Jessica has been raped by a bunch of hoodlums and goes for revenge.

Director:

Al Adamson

Writer:

Budd Donnelly (screenplay)

Stars:

Sondra Currie, Geoffrey Land, Ben Frank

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sondra Currie	...	Jessica Hartwell
Geoffrey Land	...	Sheriff Clay
Ben Frank	...	Frank Brock
Regina Carrol	...	Claire (as Regina Carroll)
Jennifer Bishop	...	Rachel
Ellyn Stern	...	Kana (as Ellen Stern)
Joe Cortese	...	Baldry (as Joseph Cortese)
Jon Shark	...	Slime
Biff Yeager	...	Link
Gavin Murrell	...	Indian
Rigg Kennedy	...	Seth Hartwell
William Hammer	...	Shag
Hugh Warden	...	John
Joe ArrowSmith	...	Bank Teller
Rod Cameron	...	Rufe

Storyline

A young Mormon couple is attacked by a bunch of outlaws. They kill the man and the woman is raped several times and left for dead in the desert. With the last ounce of her strength she gets to the hut of an old hermit who nurses her back to health and teaches her how to shoot. The woman then frees three female criminals and seeks vengeance on the outlaws...

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Plot Keywords:

woman with a gun | spaghetti western | revenge | rape and revenge | erotic 70s | 

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Taglines:

Renegade women - tough as they come!

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Genres:

Western

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 April 1975 (USA)

Also Known As:

Hurjat tytöt

Filming Locations:

Capitol Reef National Park, Utah, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Manson International

Technical Specs

Runtime:

80 min 84 min (restored)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Above Average Picture from Adamson

Jessi's Girls (1975)

** 1/2 (out of 4)

Jessica (Sondra Currie) and her husband, a Mormon couple, are heading out West to start a new life but all of that comes to a stand still when they are attacked by a group of men. The husband is murdered after being forced to watch Jessica get gang raped. The bandits think they have killed her too but she survives the ordeal, gets trained to use a gun and goes out for revenge.

JESSI'S GIRLS is one of director Al Adamson's least seen pictures and I'm really not too sure why because it turned out to be one of his better pictures. I've seen the majority of Adamson's work and there's no question that he had a desire to make movies more than an actual talent. He created some very memorable drive-in pictures but I don't think there's anyone out there that would try to convince you that he was a great director.

This film here is basically DEATH WISH but in a Western setting and with a woman doing the revenge. The film actually benefits from being very sleazy, which wasn't something that a lot of Adamson pictures could say. The opening gang rape sequence is fairly brutal and there's a great deal of violence throughout the picture. Adamson also allows plenty of nudity and sex throughout the picture and I couldn't help but think some of this sleaze would have helped pictures like BRAIN OF BLOOD or HORROR OF THE BLOOD MONSTERS.

Currie was fun to watch in the lead and we also had the likes of Regina Carrol, Jennifer Bishop and Rod Cameron show up. The cinematography is a tad bit rough and there's no doubt that there's very little here that is original. With that being said, if you're a fan of the director then this here is worth seeking out.