''Policewomen'' is a 1974
exploitation film
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about a female
police officer
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who infiltrates an all-female criminal gang. The film was written and directed by
Lee Frost, and stars
Sondra Currie
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(who would later be better known to recent audiences for her role in the
Golden Globe
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-winning comedy ''
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''),
Tony Young, and Phil Hoover.
Despite the fact that the story actually features only one female police officer, the film's title was pluralized and formed into one word because the title ''
Police Woman'' was already in use by an
NBC
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TV series whose pilot was scheduled to premiere one month after this film's release.
Plot
A lady cop infiltrates an all-female criminal gang.
Cast
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Sondra Currie
Sondra Currie is an American actress. Currie is married to television and film director Alan J. Levi. As a couple, Currie and Levi co-produced the short film ''Take My Hand''. The film was directed by Levi and written by actress Eileen Grubba ...
as Lacy Bond
*
Tony Young as Lt. Frank Mitchell
*Phil Hoover as Doc
*Elizabeth Stuart as Maude
*
Jean Bell
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as Pam Harris
*Laurie Rose as Janette
*
William Smith as Karate Teacher
*Richard Schuyler as Pete Peterson
*
Eileen Saki as Kim
*Wes Bishop as Raymond
*Susie Ewing as Laura (as Susan McIver)
*Steven Stewart as Fenwick
*Dorrie Thomson as Caroline
*Jody Daniels as Policeman (as Jody Daniel)
*
Lee Frost as Catalina Attendant
See also
*
List of American films of 1974
A list of American films released in 1974.
''The Godfather Part II'' won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Highest-grossing films (U.S.)
A–Z
Documentaries
See also
* 1974 in the United States
References
External links
1974 films ...
External links
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1974 films
Crown International Pictures films
American crime action films
American martial arts films
1970s exploitation films
American police detective films
Films directed by Lee Frost
1974 martial arts films
1970s crime action films
1970s gang films
1970s English-language films
1970s American films
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