High Heels and Low Lifes

High Heels and Low Lifes

They're not bad girls. They're just behaving that way.

R 2001 · 86 min · ★ 6.1 · Action, Crime, Comedy

Two friends are drawn into a seedy underworld of extortion and violence when they try to blackmail a gang of bank robbers.

Directed by Mel Smith · Written by Kim Fuller

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