The Great Texas Dynamite Chase

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The Great Texas Dynamite Chase

...HAD to have been inspired by this. It's a generally amusing sex comedy actioner., kind of in a female Smokey and the Bandit vein. The sex is softcore * like on the Playboy channel, appropriate for leading lady Claudia Jennings, a 4 time Playmate. All of those involved are attractive and seem motivated, so the sex sequences are high quality. Unfortunately, one of the main, happy-go-lucky characters suffers an ugly, violent death which breaks the mood and seems out of place, since that type of exploitation isn't what this flick is otherwise about. Apart from that, I find no fault, just a fluffy, sexy little entertainment.

Everything was looking good until the appearance of the little nobody johnny crawford who was the son of lucas cain on the rifleman ...after that i just shut it off even naked women can't make me endure that pitiful person

I found Claudia Jennings and Joselyn Jones to be real, human and very sexy as outlaws in this one. Despite their difficulties with people, ( and men in general) they smile, are happy, and get good advice how to rob banks with dynamite. This one is in the mold of Thelma and Louise, but does not contain the male bashing, the female copy-catting, and overall depressing theme that Thelma and Louise did. This one did not say, that men are all evil, (except a super sensitive police chief), and women copy men's evil so we get evil all around. This one say's when people are put in bad situations they find a way to cope. It is more of a tribute to the human spirit than Thelma and Louise. I can not say enough about, the affection I had for the Claudia Jenning character. Back when I saw this, I wished I could meet her. However, I was always into the bad girl, back then.

"The Great Texas Dynamite Chase" has built something of a cult over the more than thirty-five years since its theatrical release, for reasons I'm not completely sure of. Yes, the movie does boast a performance by cult actress Claudia Jennings. Yes, there is quite a bit of nudity and sex scenes. And the female empowerment theme pre-dates movies like "Thelma & Louise". Still, I found it hard to warm up to this movie. The reasons the female pair in the movie rob banks comes across as more selfish and less desperate than usual. The movie doesn't really explore the characters of both the women as well. And the women do some other unlikable actions such as kill policemen who are just trying to enforce the law. I would really only recommend this movie to people who are into B movies and want to see a movie that's had a lot of influence over the years, though even they will probably be somewhat disappointed.

This is a classic 1970's sexploitation flick. Two chicks (sorry ladies, but it IS exploitation) rob banks with dynamite. That premise alone sustained the film. Putting the late great Claudia Jennings (Deathsport, Gator Bait) in the lead was a stroke (hehheh) of genius. She and her cohort basically drive around in shorts and seduce the local men. Basically, they act like male stereotypes. Anyone renting or watching this probably did so because the title was a grabber. And because of said title, you HAD to know you weren't getting a multiple Oscar nominee. Another pizza and beer flick for men's movie night.

This 1976 female bank robbers exploitation flick is extremely upbeat, with catchy tunes and wide open Texas vistas. Claudia Jennings is sex on wheels as the leader of a trio of bank robbers. Her partner in crime is Jocelyn Jones, and Johnny Crawford plays a "professional hostage". He also gets to share the "bridal suite" with Jennings and Jones. Not bad work for a marginal singer/television actor. It's also good to be the bellhop who delivers champagne to Jennings in the soaking tub. A trip to a fancy restaurant with a * dancer (Alice Friedland) is memorable, and the isolated cabin shootout offers plenty of REALLY RED blood. The movie delivers, with ample bank robberies, ample explosions, and ample nudity. One final thought. You rarely see a Rolls Royce used as a getaway car. - MERK

This is an interesting example of a subgenre of seventies sexploitation movies, something one might call feminist jiggle. Claudia Jennings, queen of the B-Movies plays a woman fed up with the system who in a female bonding moment goes on a crime spree with an equally disatisfied bank teller. The movie has plenty of Claudia taking her clothes off and some action too. This is hardly a message movie and has all the flaws of the quickies churned out at the time, but it's entertaining nevertheless in a charming way that the virtual remake, Thelma and Louise, didn't have. The latter was far too self conscious in its gender pieties.