Movie Description Varla (Tura Satana), Billie (Lori Williams), and Rosie (Haji) are three fed-up go-go dancers who drive out into the California desert to let off some steam. When they encounter squeaky clean couple Tommy (Ray Barlow) and Linda (Sue Bernard), also out for a desert joyride, the girls' invitation to drag race turns ugly. After a fistfight, Varla leaves Tommy for dead and kidnaps Linda. The three dangerous beauties then catch word of a feeble old man (Stuart Lancaster) out in the desert who is reportedly sitting on a large amount of money, and they set out to beat it out of him and his two sons.
FASTER, PUSSYCAT!, though made for the raincoat crowd in the mid-1960s, has since transcended its humble origins to become a beloved cult classic. While treading territory similar to MOTORPSYCHO, director Russ Meyer's previous film, PUSSYCAT! turns the convention on its ear with what is possibly the toughest (and most glamorous) trio of femme fatales ever to hit the screen. As Varla, the iconic Satana creates a character who appears to literally fear nothing. While not Meyer's most financially successful film, it's most likely the one (along with 1970's BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS) that he will be remembered for.
| Credits | | Cast: | Dennis Busch, Lori Williams, Paul Trinka, Stuart Lancaster, Tura Satana |
Notes Director John Waters has often claimed that FASTER, PUSSYCAT! KILL! KILL! is his favorite film.
Stuart Lancaster (also featured in other Russ Meyer films such as MUDHONEY and SUPERVIXENS) went on to appear in Tim Burton's EDWARD SCISSORHANDS and BATMAN RETURNS.
Meyer regular John Furlong is the uncredited narrator.
Editorial Reviews "...A rambunctiously amusing period piece....It has the feverish pulse of a classic B movie..." New York Times - Stephen Holden (01/13/1995)
"...Tura Satana, who plays the lead in FASTER, PUSSYCAT, is extraordinary in appearance....[With] a frenetic style of quick-cutting, exuberant action, pop and comic-book imagery, and dialogue that seems phoned in from another universe..." Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert (03/24/1995)
"A blast from start to finish." Uncut - Rob Hughes (05/01/2005)
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