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Roller derby skater K.C. Carr tries to balance her desire for a happy personal life and her dreams of stardom.Roller derby skater K.C. Carr tries to balance her desire for a happy personal life and her dreams of stardom.Roller derby skater K.C. Carr tries to balance her desire for a happy personal life and her dreams of stardom.
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Katherine Pass
- Lovey
- (as Mary Kay Pass)
Richard Lane
- Len
- (as Dick Lane)
Jimmy Nickerson
- Fan
- (as Jim Nickerson)
Judy Arnold
- Girl in Dressing Room
- (uncredited)
Patti 'Moo Moo' Cavin
- Big Bertha Bogliani
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaJudy Arnold, women's Captain of the Philadelphia Warriors Roller Games team, doubled for Raquel Welch in the skating sequences. She also has a small speaking role in a dressing room scene. She had to wear a long wig for the skating scenes, covering her short blonde hair.
- GoofsKC makes two separate trips to see her children and mother in the movie, but in the second sequence all the actors are wearing the same clothes they had on previously. What's more, when KC makes her first visit, she drives to the location, yet her daughter is seen waiting to say goodbye next to a taxi cab. When KC makes her second trip, that's when she takes the taxi.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Saturday Night Live: Raquel Welch/Phoebe Snow, John Sebastian (1976)
- SoundtracksYour Way Ain't My Way, Baby
Music by Don Ellis
Lyrics by Howard Liebling and Jeff Thomas
Sung by Jeff Thomas
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Raquel Welch proves that she is more than just a sex symbol
Legitimate sex symbols like Raquel Welch have always had to face the (sexist) prejudice of the "since they're so beautiful, they can't act" variety (of course, this often extends to male stars as well - Richard Gere, for example). But Raquel gives a fine performance in "Kansas City Bomber" - quiet when it needs to be, spirited when it needs to be. And she was not the same type of sex symbol that Marilyn Monroe was: she was highly athletic, and in this movie you can see her roller-skating, punching, kicking, headlocking, elbow-dropping, jumping, ducking, taking bumps, rolling around on the ground (including a memorable catfight right next to some train tracks!), etc. It's a physically challenging role, and Raquel is more than up to the challenge. The movie does feel aimless and repetitive at times, the ending doesn't really resolve much and Kevin McCarthy is not exactly the most believable romantic partner for Raquel, but her fans, as well as fans of movies about women in sports, will probably find enough of interest here. (**1/2)
* Another recommendation: the pro-wrestling film "All The Marbles".
* Another recommendation: the pro-wrestling film "All The Marbles".
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- Nov 21, 2007
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- Runtime1 hour 39 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1
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