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The Pom Pom Girls (1976)

The Pom Pom Girls poster
Directed by
Joseph Ruben
Genre
comedy film, coming-of-age film, romance film, teen film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 33m
Rated
R
Rating
4.7 of 10 from 40 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This is a 1970s teen sex comedy about high school students and their antics at a school in Los Angeles. It follows a group of friends as they pursue romantic and comic adventures.

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What happens

The Pom Pom Girls (also known as Palisades High) is a 1976 American 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. The Pom Pom Girls is a low budget sex comedy, which was often popular at drive-in theaters during the 1970s. The film features an early performance by Robert Carradine, who would go onto playing Lewis Skolnik in the 1984 hit movie, Revenge of the Nerds. The film also features Susan Player Jarreau (as the car hop waitress), wife of Grammy-winning singer Al Jarreau. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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