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.
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Divine
Dawn Davenport / Earl Peterson
David Lochary
Donald Dasher
Mary Vivian Pearce
Donna Dasher
Mink Stole
Taffy Davenport
Edith Massey
Aunt Ida
Cookie Mueller
Concetta
Susan Walsh
Chicklette
Michael Potter
Gater
Ed Peranio
Wink
Paul Swift
Butterfly
Director
John Waters
Tagline
"Nice girls don't wear cha-cha heels."
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$25,000
Revenue
$9,118
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