Hustler Squad (1976)

World War II: Allied Command learns that in 60 days three Japanese generals and an admiral party at a bordello on a tiny Philippine island. It's fortified and hard to attack, so a creative,... See full summary »

Director:

Cesar Gallardo (as Cesar 'Chat' Gallardo)

Stars:

John Ericson, Karen Ericson, Crystin Sinclaire

Cast

Complete credited cast:
John Ericson	...	Maj. Stony Stonewall
Karen Ericson	...	Lt. Jennifer West
Crystin Sinclaire	...	Cindy Lee Dawson (as Lynda Sinclaire)
Nory Wright	...	Rose Carson
Liza Lorena	...	Sonya (as Lisa Lorena)
Johanna Raunio	...	Anna Oleson

Storyline

World War II: Allied Command learns that in 60 days three Japanese generals and an admiral party at a bordello on a tiny Philippine island. It's fortified and hard to attack, so a creative, cynical major gets the assignment to figure something else. With the help of Paco, a Filipino guerrilla leader, the major devises a plan to put four women assassins among the prostitutes. He must recruit and train them, convince his general that an unarmed woman can best a man, and get them on the island. The rest is up to them. An imprisoned killer, a nurse with a fatal disease, a chippie on the lamb from the mob, and a Filipina whom the Japanese assaulted are his team. Can they do it?

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Plot Keywords:

island | fatal disease | disease | recruit | assassin | 

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Taglines:

Their orders: LOVE your enemy . . . then KILL HIM!

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Genres:

Action | War

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Certificate:

R

Details

Official Sites:

Crown International Pictures

Country:

Philippines USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 May 1976 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Dirty Half Dozen

Company Credits

Production Co:

Crown International Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

Although John Ericson's character is named Stony Stonewall, he is repeatedly referred to by other characters as Stony Stonewell.

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Quotes

Maj. Stony Stonewall: I guess what the world needs is a few more nymphomaniacs... with killer instincts.

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Connections

Referenced in The Crown Jewels: America's Oldest Indie Film Company (2016)

User Reviews

nothing special to see

Even in the grindhouse flicks you have some bad flicks. For some grindhouse already stands for low quality flicks. This here isn't a kind of grindhouse I really like. It's a rip-off of a few flicks made with almost no budget.

Although it survived the days of drive-ins and is now available on DVD for the first time. The reason is simple because even as this isn't a good flick, still some names attached to it became more known afterwards. Karen Ericson, here as Lt. Jennifer West moved further in Night Of The Demons (1988) as Judy's Mother. It was also her last flick she made. Crystin Sinclaire, here as Cindy Lee Dawson moved further to horrors like Eaten Alive (1977) and Ruby (1977) before quitting in 1979. But Liza Lorena as Sonya might be the biggest name still performing in TV series.

The story is a bit sleazy. Hustlers are recruited to the army to seduce Japanese officers and kill them in action. By doing so the enemy could invade the island and conquer the Japanese. And that's were the rip-off comes from, all those movies about outlaws coming together to rescue someone or are out to do a dirty job, remember The Dirty Dozen (1967).

There's a lot of talking going on and naturally you have the bastard, here it's John Ericson as Maj. Stony Stonewall, you know the guy, big mouth, always ready for a fight or a card game with the usual cigar. It's only towards the end of this flick that it becomes worth watching. The hustlers do kill the officers and some do show their juggs to do so. There is even, for the quick viewer, a decapitation and a few stabbings by a samurai sword.

Blood do flows here and there but on a low base. Still, for the lovers of bad grindhouses it's out there to pick it up.

Gore 0/5 Nudity 0,5/5 Effects 0/5 Story 2/5 Comedy 0/5