Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- Mild
- campy
- lurid
- raunchy
- cult movie night
- late night viewing
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The hijacked cheerleader bus and the demanded two-million-dollar ransom provide the film's central narrative engine.
The captors force the hostages to perform a topless beauty-pageant scenario before them as judges.
The plot explicitly combines kidnapping with comic and arousing interactions before escalating into a coerced pageant.
The film combines comedy, crime, thriller mechanics, cheerleader imagery, striptease, and nudity in a late-1970s exploitation format.
Films like The Great American Girl Robbery, and why
The Cheerleaders
shares low-budget sexploitation, comic criminality, and cheerleader-centered exploitation themes
The Candy Snatchers
shares kidnapping, ransom-driven crime, coercive sexuality, and grimy exploitation-film atmosphere
Chained Heat
shares women-in-captivity exploitation, sexualized power imbalance, and pulp thriller conventions
Movie Details
- Director
- Jeff Werner
- Release Date
- 1979-09-01
- Runtime
- 87 min
- Rating
- 4.3 / 10 (18)
Cast
- Kristine DeBell
- Jason Williams
- Wyatt Johnson
- Wally Ann Wharton
- Janet Blythe
- Deslyn Bernet
- Leslie King
- Joan Wolff
- Lachelle Chamberlain
- Elizabeth Halsey
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Bloodstream, ARROW
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Bloodstream
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Great American Girl Robbery about?
- A hijacked cheerleader bus becomes the setting for a raunchy ransom scheme that turns captivity into lurid spectacle.
- What is The Great American Girl Robbery like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Great American Girl Robbery as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as simple.
- Is The Great American Girl Robbery violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in The Great American Girl Robbery as mild.
- Which films are like The Great American Girl Robbery?
- Films with a similar feel include The Cheerleaders, The Candy Snatchers, and Chained Heat.
- How long is The Great American Girl Robbery?
- The Great American Girl Robbery runs 87 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Great American Girl Robbery?
- In United States, The Great American Girl Robbery streams on Bloodstream, ARROW.
