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The Pom Pom Girls
Movie Poster
Directed byJoseph Ruben
Screenplay byJoseph Ruben
Story byJoseph Ruben
Robert J. Rosenthal
Produced byJoseph Ruben
Marilyn Jacobs Tenser
StarringRobert Carradine
Jennifer Ashley
CinematographyStephen M. Katz
Edited byGeorge Bowers
Music byMichael Lloyd
Distributed byCrown International Pictures
Release date
  • May 1976 (1976-05) (U.S.)
Running time
89 min.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$26 million[1]

The Pom Pom Girls (also known as Palisades High) is a 1976 film directed by Joseph Ruben. The screenplay was written by Ruben and based on a story by him and Robert J. Rosenthal. The movie was shot on location at Chaminade High School in Los Angeles.[2]

Taglines

  • "They Were the Girls of Our Dreams ..."
  • "Seniors enjoying a final fling before graduation."
  • "It was their senior year... the last chance to raise hell!"
  • "How can anyone forget the girls who really turned us on?"

Plot

A football player falls for a girl who is dating another guy, while another cannot figure out which girl he likes.

The big game against rival Hardin High School is looming while a full scale prank war is underway.[3]

Principal cast

Actor Role
Robert Carradine Johnnie
Jennifer Ashley Laurie
Michael Mullins Jesse
Lisa Reeves Sally
Bill Adler Duane
James Gammon Coach
Sondra Lowell Miss Pritchett
Susan Player Su Ann

Reception

The film earned $4.3 million in rentals during its initial release.[4]

DVD

This film has been issued on Too Cool For School: 12 Movie Collection from Mill Creek Entertainment September 29, 2009 and on The Starlite Drive-In Theater: (The Pom Pom Girls / The Van ) from BCI / Eclipse September 26, 2006

References

  1. ^ A Woman's Place Is in... Exploitation Films?: A Trend-Setter in the Youth Market Women in Exploitation Films Gross, Linda. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 12 Feb 1978: p34.
  2. ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075086/locations
  3. ^ "Pom Pom Girls, The (1976) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
  4. ^ Richard Nowell, Blood Money: A History of the First Teen Slasher Film Cycle Continuum, 2011 p 256