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Female Trouble

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Female Trouble
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NR,1hr 35min
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1975
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New Line Home Video
Synopsis: A riotously funny bad-taste epic from director John Waters, Baltimore's "Prince of Puke," this sick classic tells the depraved life story of obese criminal Dawn Davenport (Divine), from her bad-girl youth as a go-go dancer on Baltimore's infamous Block to her death in the electric chair. Mink Stole is terrific as Dawn's bratty daughter Taffy, conceived following a romp on a junkyard mattress with a fat derelict in soiled underpants (also played by Divine). Mary Vivian Pearce and David Lochary co-star ... Full Synopsis
Critics' Reviews
John Waters' follow-up to the notorious Pink Flamingos is slicker and believe it or not, even more twisted. Despite its low-budget nature, Female Trouble's script and direction are much more ambitious: The surprisingly complex story packs a novel's worth of plot into 98 minutes without ever feeling overwritten, and Waters fills each frame of the film with outrageously gaudy sets, costumes, makeup, ... Full Review
Featured Cast
Dawn Davenport, Dawn Davenport/Earl Peterson, Earl Peterson
Donald Dasher
Donna Dasher
Taffy Davenport
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