The Mini-Skirt Mob

82 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBox office$1,500,000 (US/ Canada)^[1]

The Mini-Skirt Mob is a 1968 outlaw biker film about an all-female motorcycle gang. The film was directed by Maury Dexter, and stars Diane McBain, Jeremy Slate, Sherry Jackson, Patty McCormack, Harry Dean Stanton and Sandra Marshall.

Plot

Jilted by her ex-boyfriend Jeff Logan, Shayne (the leader of an all-female motorcycle gang) and her new boyfriend Lon decide to torment Jeff and his new bride, Connie. The harassment backfires when Shayne's sister Edie is accidentally killed by a Molotov cocktail and when Shayne herself ends up hanging by her fingernails off a cliff.

Cast

• Jeremy Slate as Lon
• Diane McBain as Shayne
• Sherry Jackson as Connie
• Patty McCormack as Edie
• Ross Hagen as Jeff
• Harry Dean Stanton as "Spook"

Reception

Maury Dexter says the film was the most successful of all the ones he made at AIP.^[2]

From Nostalgia Central:

There is plenty of rambunctious vitality and crude humour but the film never stoops for the cheap thrill. It’s sharply-paced, well-photographed, and the whole production has a great sense of freedom.^[3]

See also

• List of American films of 1968

References

Further reading

• Heldman, Caroline; Frankel, Laura Lazarus; Holmes, Jennifer (April–June 2016). ""Hot, black leather, whip" The (de)evolution of female protagonists in action cinema, 1960–2014". Sexualization, Media, and Society. 2 (2): 237462381562778. doi:10.1177/2374623815627789. Pdf.

External links

• The Mini-Skirt Mob at IMDb