''Girl in Gold Boots'' is a 1968

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about the seedy underworld of

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, directed by Ted V. Mikels, who also directed ''

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''. It was Mikels' first movie for his own company, Gemini.

Plot

Michele is a young woman working with her abusive father at a diner. She quits her waitressing job when she meets a patron, Buz, who initially came in to rob the place at gunpoint instead invites her to Los Angeles where he promises Michele his sister, the famous Joan Nickels, can land her a job as a dancer at a Hollywood nightclub. The two drive off to L.A. and pick up a traveling musician, Critter. Once in Hollywood, Michele immediately lands a job as a go-go dancer, Critter as a janitor, and Buz as a drug dealer. Michele soon discovers Buz is heavily involved in the underbelly of the club scene and she becomes witness to the club's drug trade and prostitution connections.

Cast

*Jody Daniels as Finley 'Critter' Jones *Leslie McRay as Michele Casey (as Leslie McRae) *Tom Pace as Buz Nichols *

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as Leo McCabe *Bara Byrnes as Joanie Nichols *William Bagdad as Marty *Victor Izay as Mr. Casey *Harry Lovejoy as Harry Blatz * James Victor as Joey *Rod Wilmoth as Officer *Chris Howard as Chris *Mike Garrison as Station Attendant *Michael Derrick as Car Attendant *Sheila Roberts as Store Clerk *Dennis Childs as Jail Inmate

Release

Home media

In 2001,

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released the Region 1 DVD of ''Girl in Gold Boots''. This version is now out-of-print. In 2007, a

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DVD of the movie was released by Alpha Video.''Girl in Gold Boots'' DVD info, Oldies.com
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Appearance on MST3K

''Girl in Gold Boots'' was obscure for many years after its release, until it featured as a Season 10 episode of '' Mystery Science Theater 3000''. Apparent skips in the print used in the television program led to some amusing continuity problems, including a scene in a diner in which Buz suddenly appears in his seat next to Michele and Critter as if he teleports in during their conversation."Girl in Gold Boots" (disc 1), ''The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection, Vol. 4'' (2003), Rhino Entertainment, . One DVD release (from MMI Image Entertainment, using a print from Geneni Film Distributing Company), shows the scene without the unintentional "teleport" skip but has its own continuity breaks, suggesting two different prints of the original film were used.''Girl in Gold Boots'' DVD; Geneni Film Distributing Company, Inc. (film); MMI Image Entertainment, Inc. (DVD); UPC 014381083422.

Soundtrack

Nearly half of the songs in this music-laden movie, including the title song, were written by singer-songwriter and

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Chris Howard, who appears as himself and is backed by a band called "The Third World" in the credits (not to be confused with the

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band

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). One scene features bongo player

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, who had achieved some fame a decade earlier with his 1959 pop hit, "

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". In fact, Epps is listed in the opening credits as "that Bongo Rock man."

References

External links

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Original soundtrack on official Bandcamp page
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