Blast-Off Girls (1967)
It's What's Happening, Baby!
A sleazy record promoter tries to make it big with a local Chicago garage band and plans to make them famous while keeping the profits for himself.
- Date of release
- 1967-10-05
- TMDB
- 4.0 / 10 (6)
- Runtime
- 1h 23m
- Genres
- Music, Action, Comedy, Drama
- Director
- Herschell Gordon Lewis
Casting
- Dan Conway — Boojie Baker
- Ray Sager — Gordie
- Sherri Lane — Kim, Blast-Off Girl #1
- Sharon Camille — Maxine, Blast-Off Girl #2
- Ann Heath — Harriet, Blast-Off Girl #3
- Julia Ames — Barbara, Blast-Off Girl #4
- Sally Tenerelli — Sally, Blast-Off Girl #5
- Sarasue Gleiss — Laurie, Blast-Off Girl #6
- Barbara Harrison — Angel, Blast-Off Girl #7
- Harland Sanders — Himself
- Lawrence J. Aberwood — Marty Dunn
- Steve White
Interesting facts
Blast-Off Girls is a 1967 American exploitation film directed and written by Herschell Gordon Lewis and starring Dan Conway, Ray Sager, Tom Tyrell, Ron Liace, and Dennis Hickey.
Production notes
The film ends with a zany MOS montage of the band running around various Chicago and Cleveland landmarks, which was inspired by the comic stylings of Richard Lester's films of the Beatles. Live footage is from different clubs, including the Agora Alpha in Little Italy, Cleveland.
Blast-Off Girls includes a cameo appearance from KFC founder Colonel Harland Sanders. Lewis was able to enlist Sanders for the film through his connections in his advertising firm. The scene was shot in a single day at the local Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant in Cleveland, Ohio.
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