''Groupie Girl'' is a 1970 British

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

about the rock music scene, directed by

Derek Ford Derek Ford (6 September 1932, Essex – 19 May 1995) was an English film director and writer, most famous for sexploitation films such as ''The Wife Swappers'' (1970), '' Suburban Wives'' (1971), '' Commuter Husbands'' (1972), ''Keep It Up, Ja ...

and starring Esme Johns,

Donald Sumpter Donald Sumpter (born 13 February 1943) is an English actor who has appeared in film and television since the mid-1960s. Career One of his early television appearances was the 1968 ''Doctor Who'' serial ''The Wheel in Space'' with Patrick Troug ...

and the band

Opal Butterfly Opal Butterfly was an English psychedelic rock band from Oxfordshire, that was active between 1968 and 1970. Although the band itself did not gain widespread success, the musicians did go on to conduct successful musical careers. The band fe ...

. The film was written by Ford and former groupie Suzanne Mercer. Ford later complained to ''

Cinema X ''Cinema X'' was a British film magazine best known for its coverage of sexploitation films. Early issues of the magazine were undated, but it is believed the first issue was published in 1969. The first film to grace the cover of ''Cinema X'' was ...

'' magazine "we were shooting in a

discotheque A nightclub (music club, discothèque, disco club, or simply club) is an entertainment venue during nighttime comprising a dance floor, lightshow, and a stage for live music or a disc jockey (DJ) who plays recorded music. Nightclubs gener ...

one Saturday night and my ears rang right through to Monday morning. I was sick -physically sick- on Sunday from the noise level we suffered". The film was released in America in December 1970 by

American International Pictures American International Pictures (AIP) is an American motion picture production label of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. In its original operating period, AIP was an independent film production and distribution company known for producing and releasing fi ...

as ''I am a Groupie'' and in France in 1973- with additional sex scenes- as ''Les demi-sels de la perversion'' (''The Pimps of Perversion''). The film was later re-released in France in 1974 as ''Les affamées du mâle'' (''Man-Hungry Women'') this time with hardcore inserts credited to ‘Derek Fred’. Groupie Girl was released on UK DVD in January 2007 on the Slam Dunk Media Label as part of the ‘Saucy Seventies’ series (the earlier US DVD release on the Jeff films label is an unauthorized bootleg.)

Cast

Billy Boyle Billy Boyle is an Irish actor and singer on British film, television and stage. His recording career included five 45rpm singles for the Decca and Columbia labels, including the novelty song "My Baby's Crazy 'Bout Elvis" (Decca F 11503) in 196 ...

as Wesley *

as Steve * Richard Shaw as Morrie * Esme Johns as Sally *

James Beck Stanley James Carroll Beck (21 February 1929 – 6 August 1973) was an English actor who played the role of Private Walker, a cockney spiv, in the BBC sitcom ''Dad's Army'' from the show's beginning in 1968 until his sudden death in 1973. Ea ...

as Brian * Paul Bacon as Alfred *

Neil Hallett Neil Hallett (born John W. Neil; 30 June 1924 – 5 December 2004) was a Belgian-born English actor. His stage name was taken from a combination of his proper surname, Neil, and his grandmother's maiden name, Hallet. He appeared in many Briti ...

as Detective Sergeant * Flanagan as Thief * Eliza Terry as Suzy * Belinda Caren as Pat * Trevor Adams as Barry *

Ken Hutchison Aitken Hutchison (24 November 1948 – 9 August 2021) was a Scottish actor. Life and career Hutchison played roles in many episodes of ''Play for Today'' from 1970 to 1980, such as in "Just a Boys' Game". Hutchison played Norman Scutt in the S ...

as Colin *

Jimmy Edwards James Keith O'Neill Edwards, DFC (23 March 19207 July 1988) was an English comedy writer and actor on radio and television, best known as Pa Glum in ''Take It from Here'' and as headmaster "Professor" James Edwards in ''Whack-O!''. Early lif ...

as Bob * Jenny Nevison as Moira *

as Themselves

Soundtrack listing

(Original album) ;Side 1 #"You’re A Groupie Girl" (

) #"To Jackie" (English Rose) #"Four Wheel Drive" (The Salon Band) #"Got A Lot Of Life" (Virgin Stigma) #"I Wonder Did You" (Billy Boyle) #"Gigging Song" (Opal Butterfly) #"Disco 2" (The Salon Band) #"Now You're Gone, I’m A Man" (Virgin Stigma) ;Side 2 #"Yesterday's Hero" (English Rose) #"Love Me, Give A Little" (Virgin Stigma) #"Looking For Love" (Billy Boyle) #"Sweet Motion" (The Salon Band) #"Love’s a Word Away" (English Rose) #"True Blue" (The Salon Band) #"Groupie Girl, It Doesn’t Matter What You Do" (Virgin Stigma) * English Rose were Lynton Guest, Jimmy Edwards and Paul Wolloff, who also have minor roles in the film. Guest later became a sports journalist and recently authored the book "The Trials of Michael Jackson".

References

External links

* 1969 films 1969 drama films Films about groupies British drama films Films directed by Derek Ford 1970s English-language films 1960s English-language films 1960s British films 1970s British films {{1970s-UK-film-stub