The read
Critics rate it 19 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes90%
Critics rate it 19 points higher than audiences do.
240 audience votes
Key crew
- John WatersDirector
- John WatersWriter
Cast
- DivineDawn Davenport / Earl Peterson
- David LocharyDonald Dasher
- Mary Vivian PearceDonna Dasher
- Mink StoleTaffy Davenport
- Edith MasseyAunt Ida
- Cookie MuellerConcetta
- Susan WalshChicklette
- Michael PotterGater
- Ed PeranioWink
- Paul SwiftButterfly
- George FiggsDribbles
- Susan LoweVikki
Stills
Themes
rapeparent child relationshipdelinquentblack humorrun awayjuvenile delinquenthitchhikingdragacidgay theme