One of John Waters' best and most notorious movies.
Female Trouble
Nice girls don't wear cha-cha heels.
1976 · 1h 38m · NC-17
Comedy, Crime
Directed by
John Waters
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Female Trouble
Overview
Teenage delinquent Dawn Davenport, incensed after her parents do not give her the cha-cha heels she wanted for Christmas, runs away from home. After an illegitimate child and hairstylist husband bring her more misery, she's enticed into a life of crime when the owners of her husband's salon promise her fame and fortune.
Director and cast
- John Waters Director
- Divine as Dawn Davenport / Earl Peterson
- David Lochary as Donald Dasher
- Mary Vivian Pearce as Donna Dasher
- Mink Stole as Taffy Davenport
- Edith Massey as Aunt Ida
- Cookie Mueller as Concetta
- Susan Walsh as Chicklette
- Michael Potter as Gater
- Ed Peranio as Wink
- Paul Swift as Butterfly
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