''Cover Girl Models'' is a 1975
exploitation film
An exploitation film is a film that tries to succeed financially by exploiting current trends, niche genres, or lurid content. Exploitation films are generally low-quality "B movies", though some set trends, attract critical attention, become hi ...
from
New World Pictures
New World Pictures (also known as New World Entertainment and New World Communications Group, Inc.) was an American independent production, distribution, and (in its final years as an autonomous entity) multimedia company. It was founded in 197 ...
about three models who become involved in international espionage.
Plot
Three fashion models travel from
Los Angeles
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to
Hong Kong
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for a shoot. Barbara accidentally comes in possession of some microfilm and is chased by secret service agents. Claire tries to get a role in a film. Mandy tries to make it as a model and falls for their photographer.
Cast
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Pat Anderson as Barbara Cooper
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Lindsay Bloom
Lindsay Diane Bloom is an American actress and former beauty-pageant contestant.
Bloom is a native of Omaha, Nebraska. At age 17, she decided to become an actress and entered beauty pageants to gain attention. She was Miss Omaha in the 1968 preli ...
as Claire
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Tara Strohmeier
Tara Strohmeier is a retired actress who appeared in memorable B-movies in the 1970s, many of them made for drive-in theater business and have since acquired large cult followings.
Her biggest roles were in ''The Great Texas Dynamite Chase'' (1976 ...
as Mandy
*John Kramer as Mark
*Rhonda Leigh Hopkins as Pamela
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Mary Woronov
Mary Woronov (born December 8, 1943) is an American actress, published author and figurative painter. She is primarily known as a " cult star" because of her work with Andy Warhol and her roles in Roger Corman's cult films. Woronov has appeared ...
as Diane
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Vic Diaz
Victor Sunico Diaz'', popularly known as Vic Diaz, (July 29, 1932 – September 15, 2006) was a Filipino character actor who mostly portrayed villains. He was also the father of Teddy Diaz, the founding guitarist of the Filipino Rock band The D ...
as Kulik
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Tony Ferrer
Antonio D. Laxa (June 12, 1934 – January 23, 2021), better known by his stage name Tony Ferrer, was a Filipino actor, film director and producer. He was tagged as the James Bond of the Philippines for his films in which he played a spy named To ...
as Ray Chua
*A.C. Castro as rebel leader
*Nory Wright as Tracy Marks
*Mark Lebeuse as Sam Melson
*Ken Metcalfe
Production
The film was one of the last movies
New World Pictures
New World Pictures (also known as New World Entertainment and New World Communications Group, Inc.) was an American independent production, distribution, and (in its final years as an autonomous entity) multimedia company. It was founded in 197 ...
made in the Philippines because of rising costs associated with filming there.
[Ed. J. Philip di Franco, ''The Movie World of Roger Corman'', Chelsea House Publishers, 1979 p 202]
See also
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List of American films of 1975
A list of American films released in 1975.
'' One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'' won the Academy Award for Best Picture. The highest-grossing film of 1975 was ''Jaws''.
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A–B
C–G
H–M
N–S
T–Z
See also
* 1975 in the Uni ...
References
External links
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American exploitation films
1970s exploitation films
1970s English-language films
Films shot in the Philippines
Films directed by Cirio H. Santiago
1970s American films
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