The Pom Pom Girls

The Pom Pom Girls
Movie Poster
Directed by Joseph Ruben
Produced by Joseph Ruben
Marilyn Jacobs Tenser
Screenplay by Joseph Ruben
Story by Joseph Ruben
Robert J. Rosenthal
Starring Robert Carradine
Jennifer Ashley
Music by Michael Lloyd
Cinematography Stephen M. Katz
Edited by George Bowers
Distributed by Crown International Pictures
Release date
  • May 1976 (1976-05) (U.S.)
Running time
 89 min.
Country United States
Language English
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

ActorRole
Robert CarradineJohnnie
Jennifer AshleyLaurie
Michael MullinsJesse
Lisa ReevesSally
Bill AdlerDuane
James GammonCoach
Sondra LowellMiss Pritchett
Susan PlayerSu 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


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