Blazing Stewardesses (1975)

Directed by

Al Adamson

Genre

comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

R

Rating

3.3 of 10 from 15 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of stewardesses get involved in comedic situations at a guest ranch. The film features veteran actors and old comedy routines.

lightheartedgoofycampycomedicplayfullow-budgetnostalgicslow-moving

What happens

Blazing Stewardesses is a 1975 American sex comedy film directed by Al Adamson. Its title is derived from the 1975 film The Naughty Stewardesses and the 1974 film Blazing Saddles. Producer Sam Sherman intended the film to be a fond throwback to "B" westerns of the 1940s, and hired a cast of screen veterans. He planned to reunite Yvonne De Carlo and Rod Cameron, who had co-starred at Universal Pictures in the 1940s, but Cameron walked out on the project after a salary dispute; Sherman replaced him with Don "Red" Barry. Joining Barry was another former cowboy star, Bob Livingston. For comedy scenes, Sherman hired The Three Stooges, but Larry Fine suffered a stroke that confined him to a wheelchair. Producer Sherman rewrote their scenes to accommodate Larry: Larry would be visiting a health spa, run by Stooges Moe Howard and Joe De Rita. Then Moe became too ill to perform, and had to withdraw. The Stooges were replaced by The Ritz Brothers, Harry and Jimmy, reprising many routines from their old movies. Location scenes were photographed at the White Sun Guest Ranch in Rancho Mirage, California. There is some mild "T&A" content to justify the film's provocative title (DeCarlo's character runs an escort service) but nothing explicit. The film mostly resembles a vintage western, complete with dude ranch setting, outlaw hijackers, stunt riders, masked cowboy hero, and rodeo footage. To add more "B"-western flavor, producer Sherman used genuine background music of the 1940s, from the Lee Zahler library. Because of the western theme, the working title The Jet Set was changed to Blazing Stewardesses to capitalize on the box-office hit Blazing Saddles. The film was later re-released under at least three alternate titles: Texas Layover, Cathouse Cowgirls, and The Great Truck Robbery. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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