It's not great cinema, but it is highly entertaining and worth watching, if only for Mara Corday's performance as a nightclub owner who also happens to be the leader of a gang of female crooks.
Corday and her gang, disguised as men, pull a heist, and in the process, seriously injure a security guard. Corday's gang consists of the nervous Abby Dalton, the drunken Lita Milan, and the butch-like Joyce Barker. Corday's sister, played by Barbara Bostock, unwittingly drives the getaway car. Bostock sings and dances a bit, but let's skip over those parts.
Dalton, who can't seem to calm down the day after the heist, needs to be shut up, so Corday takes care of that. Mark Richman then enters the picture, as a detective investigating Dalton's "suicide." He promptly falls for Bostock, much to the chagrin of Corday. The remainder of the film consists of the females squabbling, fighting, and croaking each other once they realize that the fewer of them that remain, the greater share of the moolah each will have.
There are some riotous scenes. Milan shows up at Barker's place wearing a long coat, which she opens to reveal four bottles of booze she just shoplifted. Barker then proceeds to give Milan a rubdown, and computes how much her share will be if Milan goes belly up. Meanwhile, Corday prances around in some of the tightest outfits and revealing nightgowns you'll ever see in a 1950s movie. We get to see her undress, and we get an all-too-quick shot of her in a tub (cue the saxophone, Mr. Mancini). She also delivers a few good slaps. But the most ludicrous scene occurs early in the film, when Corday, who is just beginning her morning, opens the backdoor of her nightclub and lets in a guy who is delivering her groceries. While showing off her attributes in a low-cut negligee, she mentions to the guy that she hasn't seen him before. "I'm new," he says woodenly. When he says his name is Danny, she says "Well, Danny Boy, let's see what you've got there." Isn't this the plot of many an adult film???
This is something of a stretch for Corday, who has played the romantic interest to such pretty boys as Jeff Morrow, Richard Denning, and John Agar. Here, she has to carry the film, and gets to act like a "loose woman" as well. I loved it.
