Female Trouble

Female Trouble

Nice girls don't wear cha-cha heels.

1976 · 98 min · ★ 6.9 · Comedy, Crime

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.

Directed by John Waters · Written by John Waters

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