The Girls from Thunder Strip is a 1970 American biker exploitation film directed by David L. Hewitt, who co-produced it with Michael Mehas.Turner Classic Movies The Girls From Thunder Strip (1966), Cast & CrewTotten Tomatoes The Girls From Thunder Strip (1970) It also featured American Top 40 DJ Casey Kasem.Billboard.com 6/15/2014 -MUSIC NEWS, Casey Kasem, Iconic Radio Host, Dies at 82
Story The film is about a trio of hillbilly girls who take on a biker gang over moonshine.Wild Beyond Belief!: Interviews with Exploitation Filmmakers of the 1960s and 1970s, By Brian Albright, 2008, - Page 202 The Girl from Thunder Strip Megan TimothyTV Guide The Girls From Thunder Strip The story line is basically about female bootleggers taking on a biker gang which is led by a typical bad biker called Teach.Something Weird Video GIRLS OF THUNDER STRIP - DVD-R They have to also deal with federal agent (played by Casey Kasem) who has been sent to the area to close the whiskey operation.Do512 Weird Wednesday: THE GIRLS FROM THUNDER STRIP - 11:59p
Reviews Jim McLennan of Film Blitz gave it a C− rating. The gratuitous nudity that would be expected of this type of exploitation film was a disappointment to him.Film Blitz, May 6, 2021 - The Girls from Thunder Strip - Jim McLennan
Release info According to The Grindhouse Database and TV Guide, it was released in 1966.Grindouse Database The Girls from Thunder StripTV Guide - The Girls from Thunder Strip - Full Cast & Crew Blu-Ray.com has the US release date as March 19, 1970, and German as February 11, 1972.Blu-ray.com - DIRECTED BY DAVID L. HEWITT, THE GIRLS FROM THUNDER STRIP 1970
SOMETHING WEIRD VIDEO released "The Girls From Thunder Strip" on VHS in 2002. As stated on the sleeve summary: The VHS release was taken from a 35mm print in 2.35:1 widescreen Techniscope.
Cast Jody McCrea .... Pike Maray Ayres .... Red Mick Mehas Casey Kasem .... Conrad Lindsay Crosby William Bonner .... Animal Megan Timothy .... Jessie Gary Kent .... Teach Melinda MacHarg .... Lil Jack Starrett ... Sheriff Eve Curtis Dan Kemp .... Luther Bruce Kimball .... Orville Lisa Tinelli Alex Elliot .... Alex Robert H. O'Neil Ricky Roberts Tiffany Stone Harry Woolman Joe McManus Gary Graver .... Pike's cousin Randee Lynne Jensen .... Raped girl
Releases + Film list Title Company Year Run time Format Ratio Notes # The Girls from Thunder StripSomething Weird Video 2010 79 mins DVD 2.35:1 Letterboxed Widescreen Region 0 NTSC10K Bullets April 16, 2011 Girls From Thunder Strip, The - Written by: Carroll Jenkins
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