Switchblade Sisters

Switchblade Sisters
U.S. theatrical release poster by John Solie
Directed byJack Hill
Screenplay byF.X. Maier
Story by
  • Jack Hill
  • John Prizer
  • F.X. Maier
Produced byJohn Prizer
Starring
CinematographyStephen M. Katz
Edited byMorton Tubor
Music byMedusa
Production
company
Centaur Pictures
Distributed byCentaur Releasing
Release date
  • May 1, 1975 (1975-05-01)
Running time
91 minutes
LanguageEnglish
Budget$320,000[1]

Switchblade Sisters is a 1975 American exploitation action film detailing the lives of high school-aged female gang members. It was directed by Jack Hill and stars Joanne Nail, Robbie Lee and Monica Gayle. The film is also known as The Jezebels, Maggie's Stiletto Sisters and The Warriors II: Las Navajeras.

The movie was not a success at the box office,[2] but garnered a cult following later on.[3] Most of its current popularity can be attributed to film director Quentin Tarantino, who named the picture a personal favorite and re-released it in 1996 under his Rolling Thunder Pictures label. This version of the film features an audio commentary track by both Hill and Tarantino. The film's tagline is "So Easy to Kill, So Hard to Love."

  1. ^ Waddell, Callum (January 20, 2009). Jack Hill: The Exploitation and Blaxploitation Master, Film by Film. McFarland & Company. p. 174. ISBN 0786436093.
  2. ^ Jack Hill (January 10, 2014). Jack Hill on SWITCHBLADE SISTERS (YouTube video) (Trailer commentary). Trailers From Hell. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
  3. ^ Nemetz, Andrea (August 15, 2014). "Lots of laughs in lineup at Fringe". The Chronicle Herald. Archived from the original on February 7, 2016. Retrieved March 20, 2023.