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Lovely But Deadly (1981)A cheerleader goes undercover to fight drug dealers because her brother OD'd and her fellow cheerleaders are hooked. Director:David Sheldon |
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Lucinda Dooling | ... |
Mary Ann 'Lovely' Lovitt
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Franklin Van Dyke
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Warren Lang
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Aunt May
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Javelin Scott
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Susan Mechsner | ... |
Suzie
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Michael O'Leary | ... |
Steve Berringer
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Rick Moser | ... |
Mantis Managian
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Denise
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'Honest Charley' Gilmarten
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Pamela Jean Bryant | ... |
Gloria
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Gommorah
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Judd Omen | ... |
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Wendell Wright | ... |
Detective Jack Domley
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Marvin Katzoff | ... |
Cricket
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A cheerleader goes undercover to fight drug dealers because her brother OD'd and her fellow cheerleaders are hooked.
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1981 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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An all-white moralistic remake of "Coffy" (the 1973 Pam Grier blaxploitation classic), presenting karate-ing cheerleaders and highschool girls, evil drug dealers, a little catfight and lots of unintentional laughs. The opening credits of "Lovely But Deadly" are presented over a static shot of a high-school dance in 1981. The music, being performed and orchestrated in a 007-like style, sounds outdated, exaggerated and does not fit in the cheesy late 70s sets in the background. The sweet rotten smell of campiness instantly rushes in. "How low can they go?.../ How high can they fly?" - that's what the title song lyrics say and that's what you're starting to ask yourself. "Lovely But Deadly" is about a young lady named Mary Ann Lovett (an admittedly real cute brunette named Lucinda Dooling) and her friends just call her Lovely. In the beginning, her brother drowns in a ridiculously far fetched drug-related accident. Angry as hell, Lovely decides to stop drugs in her high school, starting with killing "Captain Magic," the only really likable character so far, who has some incredible dialogue before Lovely stuffs drugs down his throat and he dies. Dead too quick. The next bad guys will be treated to better visual effect: let's get some martial arts action into the movie. Well, Lovely and all the other girlie fighters have obviously been trained in the secret arts by just watching a half-minute-preview of some Hongkong flick. So we get to see sheer incredibly clumsy fight scenes. Well, after all "everybody was Kung Fu fighting" those days... Talking of music: There is also a Rock Band in the movie, because Lovely's cheesy boyfriend is the lead singer of a band of smartasses who, during a class and out of the blue, are performing (poorly dubbed) a truly "electrifying" love song. All in all, a genuine classic of poor white drive-in trash. Yet probably too bad to ever get some cult approach.