Female Trouble

John Waters
1976-02-15

Nice girls don't wear cha-cha heels.
6.9
98 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Divine Dawn Davenport / Earl Peterson Unowned
David Lochary Donald Dasher Unowned
Mary Vivian Pearce Donna Dasher Unowned
Mink Stole Taffy Davenport Unowned
Edith Massey Aunt Ida Unowned
Cookie Mueller Concetta Unowned
Susan Walsh Chicklette Unowned
Michael Potter Gater Unowned
Ed Peranio Wink Unowned
Paul Swift Butterfly Unowned
George Figgs Dribbles Unowned
Susan Lowe Vikki Unowned
George Hulse Teacher Unowned
Margie Skidmore School Snitch Unowned
Berenica Cipcus Mean Girl Unowned
Betty Woods Dawn's Mother Unowned
Roland Hertz Dawn's Father Unowned
Ramsey McClean Baby Unowned
Henry Bederski Drunk Unowned
Hilary Taylor Taffy as a Child Unowned
Cindy Chosky Stripper Unowned
Laurel Douglas Telephone Company Girl Unowned
Mark Lazarus Priest Unowned
Anne Figgs Gater's Girlfriend Unowned
Sally Albaugh Sally Unowned
Lynn Russo Girl Who Won't Pay Unowned
Bob Willis Doctor Unowned
Valerie Stafford Nurse Unowned
Bob Adams Ernie Unowned
Channing Wilroy Prosecutor Unowned
Al Strapelli Judge Unowned
Seymour Avigdor Defense Lawyer Unowned
Christine Mason Bailiff Unowned
Mumme Bailiff Unowned
Pat Moran Bitch Prisoner Unowned
Marina Melin Cheryll Unowned
Elizabeth Coffey Earnestine Unowned
George Stover Chaplin Unowned
Cowboy Foulke Spectator at Strip Club in Beginning (uncredited) Unowned
Mimi Lochary Juror (uncredited) Unowned
Vincent Peranio Guy Who Dies for Art (uncredited) Unowned