I Am a Groupie (1970)
It's a great scene when SEX goes POP!
A bored teenage girl decides that she wants to meet rock stars, and the best way to do that is to become a groupie. She finds herself going on the road with a rock band called Opal Butterfly, and soon discovers that being a rock band's groupie isn't as glamorous or exciting as she thought it would be.
- Date of release
- 1970-12-01
- TMDB
- 3.4 / 10 (12)
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Derek Ford
Casting
- Billy Boyle — Wesley
- Richard Shaw — Morrie
- Donald Sumpter — Steve
- James Beck — Brian
- Esme Johns — Sally (groupie)
- Bobby Parr — Ray
- Eliza Terry — Suzy
- Paul Bacon — Alfred
- Neil Hallett — Detective Sergeant
- Maureen Flanagan — Thief
- Belinda Caren — Pat
- Lynton Guest — Mick
Interesting facts
Groupie Girl is a 1970 British drama film, directed by Derek Ford and starring Esme Johns, Donald Sumpter and the band Opal Butterfly. The film was written by Ford and former groupie Suzanne Mercer.
Production
Ford complained to Cinema X magazine: "We were shooting in a discotheque one Saturday night and my ears rang right through to Monday morning. I was sick – physically sick – on Sunday from the noise level we suffered."
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