Switchblade Sisters (1975)

The Dagger Debs are a gang of snarling teenage girls, and Maggie (Joanne Nail) is their newest member.

She is befriended by the leader of the gang, Lace (Robbie Lee), but Lace’s man, Dominic (Asher Brauner) – the leader of the Silver Daggers (who run drug and prostitution rings in the local high school) – fancies the new recruit.

Lace’s second-in-command, one-eyed Patch (Monica Gayle), becomes jealous of Maggie’s friendship with Lace and when Dominic rapes Maggie, Patch convinces Lace that Maggie was a willing participant, setting the stage for betrayal and mayhem.

Meanwhile, the Debs face off at the roller rink against a rival gang of drug pushers led by Crabs (Chase Newhart).

Lurking in the wings are Afro-coiffed Muff (Marlene Clark) and her band of outsiders: gun-toting black female Maoist revolutionaries who have a crude home-made tank!

The Debs end up taking over and becoming an I-am-woman-hear-me-roar band that they rename The Jezebels.

Made on the cheap in three weeks and intended for a quick, profitable run on the Drive-In circuit, the film unfortunately tanked.

Quentin Tarantino bought the rights to the film and re-released it in 1996 through his film company, Rolling Thunder Pictures.

Originally called The Jezebels, the film was also released in some markets as Playgirl Gang.

Lace
Robbie Lee
Maggie
Joanne Nail
Patch
Monica Gayle
Dominic
Asher Brauner
Crabs
Chase Newhart
Muff
Marlene Clark
Donut
Kitty Bruce
Bunny
Janice Karman
Hook
Don Stark
Guido
Don Marino
Cherry
Helene Nelson
Fingers
Bill Adler
Mr Clutch
Paul Lichtman
Principal Weasel
J.S. Johnson
Mom Smackley
Kate Murtagh
Parker
Bob Minor
Rizzo
Clint Young
Haiti
Frances E. Williams
Hammer
Michael Miller
Jobo
Roy Engel
Toby
Jerii Woods
Lace’s Mother
Georgia Lee
Tonie
Betty McGuire
Fred
Jack Lukes
Runt
John Voldstad
Einstein
Rob Berger
Ginny
Ninette Bravo
Gay
Gay Guldstrand

Director
Jack Hill