Female Trouble

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Female Trouble

"Nice girls don't wear cha-cha heels."

1974

1h 37m

7.0(200 votes)

Comedy

Crime

Overview

Dawn Davenport progresses from a teenage nightmare hell-bent on getting cha-cha heels for Christmas to a fame monster whose egomaniacal impulses land her in the electric chair.

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Cast & Crew

16 members

Acting

Divine

Dawn Davenport / Earl Peterson

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David Lochary

Donald Dasher

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Mary Vivian Pearce

Donna Dasher

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Mink Stole

Taffy Davenport

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Edith Massey

Ida Nelson

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Cookie Mueller

Concetta

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Susan Walsh

Chicklette

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Ed Peranio

Wink

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Paul Swift

Butterfly

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George Figgs

Dribbles

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Susan Lowe

Vikki

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George Hulse

Mr. Weinberger

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Elizabeth Coffey

Earnestine

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Channing Wilroy

Prosecutor

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Michael Potter

Gater

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Anne Figgs

Gater's Girlfriend

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