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Female Trouble

Female Trouble

1974Movie⏱️ 1h 29mNC-17
ComedyCrime
7.1
IMDB Rating
11,573 votes

A spoiled schoolgirl runs away from home, gets pregnant while hitch-hiking, and ends up as a fashion model for a pair of beauticians who like to photograph women committing crimes.

Director
John Waters
Writers
N/A
Stars
Divine, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce
Release Date
February 15, 1976
Language
English
Country
United States
💬 88
Reviews
📋 17.8K
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🎭 Top Cast

Divine
Divine
as Dawn Davenport
David Lochary
David Lochary
as Donald Dasher
Mary Vivian Pearce
Mary Vivian Pearce
as Donna Dasher
Mink Stole
Mink Stole
as Taffy Davenport
Edith Massey
Edith Massey
as Aunt Ida
Cookie Mueller
Cookie Mueller
as Concetta
Susan Walsh
Susan Walsh
as Chicklette
Michael Potter
Michael Potter
as Gater
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Ed Peranio
as Wink
👤
Paul Swift
as Butterfly

💰 Box Office

$10,120
Worldwide Gross

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.66 : 1
Sound
Mono
Color
Color
Filming Location
Little Tavern, 519 East 25th Street, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Production
Dreamland

🏷️ Keywords

absurd violenceabsurd humormale frontal nuditycult filmdisfigurement

🎯 Categories

Dark ComedyFarceSatireComedyCrime

⭐ Featured Review

A film so perfect, it's revolting
by zmaturin1999-11-19

""Female Trouble" is one of John Water's best movies, probably the best of his pre-respectable (read: pre-"Hairspray") flicks. Posessing a much more strong (and bizarre) plotline than the also brilliant "Pink Flamingos", "Female Trouble" documents the exploits of Dawn Davenport, a horrible juvenial delinquent turned criminal played by the unbeatable Divine. This was Water's last film to features his entire original ensemble of actors (Divine, David Lochary, Mink Stole, Mary Vivian Pierce, and Edith Massey) and each has a memorable and hilariou..."

💡 Did You Know?

The movie critic Rex Reed hated the film, to the point that in his review he had asked, "Where do these people come from? Where do they go when the sun goes down? Isn't there a law or something?" The quote was posted on the Waverly Theater poster, and in Village Voice ads for the film. When Female Trouble was released on DVD, this quote was on the front of its box.

📖 Synopsis

A spoiled schoolgirl runs away from home, gets pregnant while hitch-hiking, and ends up as a fashion model for a pair of beauticians who like to photograph women committing crimes.