The Unholy Rollers

The Unholy Rollers (1972)

A locker room look at the toughest broads in the world!

Karen wants more action out of life and quits her job at the cannery to become a skater in the roller derby. She encounters friction from the other skaters - especially Mickey, the current number one star of the team. Karen proves herself a feisty competitor but refuses to be a team player. As she skates her way to roller stardom, she incurs the wrath of jealous team members and the owner of the team.

Date of release
1972-11-10
TMDB
5.2 / 10 (20)
Runtime
1h 28m
Genres
Action, Comedy, Drama
Director
Vernon Zimmerman

Casting

Interesting facts

The Unholy Rollers is a 1972 American action comedy film directed by Vernon Zimmerman and starring Claudia Jennings.

Production

The film was made to cash in on publicity from MGM's roller derby film, Kansas City Bomber. Roger Corman agreed to produce the film for AIP, even though he had established his own studio, New World Pictures. This was one of the last times Corman collaborated with AIP.

There were several other competing roller derby films announced in early 1972. They included Jam produced by Al Ruddy starring Mama Cass and George Hamilton and directed by Steve Ihnat, and Wipeout with Lois Nettleton and Ina Balin. The Corman project was known as Leader of the Pack. However Jam and Wipeout where never made.

The movie was the first screenplay credit for Howard R. Cohen who went on to have a long association with Corman.

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