Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!

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Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!

Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! original poster
Directed by Russ Meyer
Produced by Russ Meyer
Written by Jack Moran
Russ Meyer
Starring Tura Satana
Haji
Lori Williams
Susan Bernard
Music by Paul Sawtell
Cinematography Walter Schenk
Editing by Russ Meyer
Release date(s) 1965
Running time 83 min.
Country Flag of the United States United States
Language English

Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! is a 1965 exploitation film directed by Russ Meyer, who also wrote the script with Jack Moran. It stars Tura Satana, Haji, and Lori Williams.

The film features gratuitous violence, sexuality, provocative gender roles, and campy dialogue. It has become a cult film favorite and has been widely referred to in pop culture. Entertainment Weekly ranked the film #15 on their list of "The Top 50 Cult Films".[1]

It is one of Meyer's more provocatively titled and explicitly exploitative films, yet unlike most of his films, it does not contain explicit nudity.

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The Pussycats

Three thrill-seeking go-go dancers — Billie (Lori Williams), Rosie (Haji), and their leader, Varla (Tura Satana) — encounter a young couple in the desert while drag racing. After killing the boyfriend (Ray Barlow) with her bare hands, Varla drugs, binds, gags and kidnaps his girlfriend, Linda (Susan Bernard). On a desolate highway, the four stop at a gas station, where they see an old man (Stuart Lancaster) and his muscular, dimwitted son, known as the Vegetable (Dennis Busch). The gas station attendant (Mickey Foxx) tells the women that the old man and his two sons live on a decrepit ranch with a hidden cache of money. Intrigued, Varla hatches a scheme to rob the lecherous old man, who is confined to a wheelchair.

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In July 2008 there was talk in the New York Post and Variety of a Quentin Tarantino remake of the film. Porn star Tera Patrick was rumored to be Tarantino's first choice for lead role.[2][3] Britain's Daily Telegraph printed an article on August 6, 2008, claiming that Britney Spears was up for the role,[4] but Access Hollywood later that same day reported that representatives of both Spears and Tarantino said there was no truth to this rumor.[5]

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