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The leader of an inner-city girl gang is challenged when a new girl moves into the neighborhood.The leader of an inner-city girl gang is challenged when a new girl moves into the neighborhood.The leader of an inner-city girl gang is challenged when a new girl moves into the neighborhood.
Frances E. Williams
- Haiti
- (as Frances Williams)
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Did you know
- TriviaQuentin Tarantino, a longtime fan of Jack Hill's work, bought the rights to the film and re-released it in 1996 through his film company Rolling Thunder Pictures. He held a huge premiere and a celebration at a theater in Los Angeles which the film's original cast attended. Co-star Marlene Clark remembered the event in an interview many years later and laughed about it. "My commercial agency called me and said "We have an invitation to a screening of SWITCHBLADE SISTERS!" Clark laughed. "[Rolling Thunder] actually sent a car to bring me to the screening! All the way over I thought, "This is a flashback. I'm having a breakdown." Nope! I got to the theater, and it was for real! All the other women from the movie were there, and there was a nice little party afterwards at a place called the Red Room. It was amazing."
- GoofsLace cuts off the necktie that the man in the elevator is wearing, leaving about six inches of it behind. However, when he identifies the girl gang members with the police moments later, his necktie is much longer.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Exploitation Classics (1985)
Featured review
Don't mess with da sista's!
Fun little exploitation film by Jack Hill. It contains a few different kinds of movies all rolled up in one. Campy would be the most predominate though. The story follows the lives of the female gang, Dagger Debs, later called, the Jezebels, which by the way, was the original title. The gang meets a new fish named Maggie who at first fits right in with the gang but later has conflict with the leader, Lace. This movie starts out campy fun then gets real serious then back again. While this technique worked for the most part I felt this could have been a great serious film if it wanted to be. While only slightly bothered by the conflicting tones of the film, it is still a fun movie to watch. You really do even care about the characters by the end which is a compliment to its creators. Quentin Tarantino has often raved about the movie and there's enough good in it to like if you watch it with an open mind. Clearly the character of Patch, one of the gang members, inspired Daryl Hannah's character in Quentin's own "Kill Bill 2". Overall a fun little romp with some good special features on the DVD. Check it out!
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Maggie's Stiletto Sisters
- Filming locations
- Moonlight Rollerway - 5110 San Fernando Road, Glendale, California, USA(Roller skating scenes.)
- Production company
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $320,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $51,264
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $14,532
- Jun 16, 1996
- Gross worldwide
- $51,264
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