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The Swinging Cheerleaders (1974)

The Swinging Cheerleaders poster
Directed by
Jack Hill
Genre
comedy drama
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 31m
Rated
R
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 31 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A squad of cheerleaders get into various antics at their high school. The movie follows their personal dramas and attempts to uncover corruption.

lightheartedcampyplayfuldatedsillyexploitativeupbeattongue-in-cheek

What happens

The Swinging Cheerleaders is a 1974 comedy-drama film written and directed by Jack Hill (who was credited for writing the film as Jane Witherspoon). The film was released under the titles Locker Room Girls and H.O.T.S. II. It is the sequel of sorts to the 1973 film The Cheerleaders, directed by Paul Glickler; and was itself followed by Revenge of the Cheerleaders (1976), directed by Richard Lerner; and The Great American Girl Robbery (1979) (aka Cheerleaders Wild Weekend), directed by Jeff Werner. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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