Kansas city bomber 1972 trailers and clips roller girl k. Carr raquel welch tries to balance her desire for a happy personal life and her dreams of stardom. I just want a little piece of the action so i dont have to apologize every time i turn around, thats all. The movie kansas city bomber was filmed in portland about portland in 1972. It also marks one of the earliest film appearances of jodie foster. Kansas city bomber hollywood movie jerseys top sports. Join todd, mark, and brian the unipiper kidd as we travel back to 1972, when raquel welch came to portland and made a movie in which she played a jammer on the portland loggers roller. Relocating to portland proves to be a challenge in many. They lent her contract to the british studio hammer film productions, for whom she made one million years b. Costarring oscarnominee kevin mccarthy death of a salesmen, invasion of the body snatchers. The image measures 1002 1280 pixels and was added on 7 november 14. If you want to see kansas city bomber with even less sexappeal and more political commentary, go rent rollerball 1975. Raquel welch and kevin mccarthy in kansas city bomber 1972 raquel.
Giphy is how you search, share, discover, and create gifs. Carr, played by the raquel welch, is a roller derby star who finds herself displaced form her current home in kansas city. September 5, 1940 is an american actress and singer she first won attention for her role in fantastic voyage 1966, after which she won a contract with 20th century fox. The film is an inside look at the world of roller games. Kansas city bomber a regrettable moment of sincerity. After being traded from her former team, carr is sent to portland, oregon, to continue her derby aspirations there. Judy with patti cavin during a match race in the 1972 movie kc bomber. While raquel welch was a household name and an international sex symbol through much of the 1960s and 1970s, hollywood didnt seem sure about what to do with her. Carr tries to balance her desire for a happy personal life and her dreams of stardom. The team proves to be a mess, run by the dishonest burt henry kevin mccarthy and led by. She plays for the kansas city bombers, but then gets into a grudge match with big bertha patti moo moo cavin with the loser agreeing to leave kansas city and never return. Raquel welch using a variety of techniques to hurt mens testicles. Warner bros archive collection of hardtofind library and cult titles has gone back to the wbs outofprint vault and rereleased kansas city bomber, the 1972 roller derby epic from metrogoldwynmayer, starring raquel welch, kevin mccarthy, helena kallianiotes, norman alden, jeanne cooper, and mary kay pass.
A new reigning 1960s international sex symbol took to the cinematic throne as soon as raquel welch emerged from the sea in her purposely depleted, furry prehistoric bikini. Bombshell raquel welch the three musketeers, one million b. At least, that seems the case for this movie, in which gorgeous k. Carr, the bomber herself, gets publicly beaten to a pulp, apparently at five. Kansas city bomber publicity still of raquel welch. Raquel welch broke her wrist doing some of her own stunts, in this movie where action is allimportant, and plot nonexistent. Kansas city bomber movie trailer 1972 plot synopsis. This movie hit the theaters on august 2 1972 starring the gorgeous raquel welch as kc carr, kevin mccarthy as burt henry and helena kallianiotes as jackie burdette.
Judy arnold skating for raquel welch in the movie kc bomber. This movie hit the theaters on august 2 1972 starring the gorgeous raquel welch as kc carr, kevin mccarthy as burt henry and helena kallianiotes as jackie. Kansas city bomber 1972 official trailer raquel welch, kevin. Kansas city bomber 1972 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Released 1972, kansas city bomber stars raquel welch, kevin mccarthy, helena kallianiotes, norman alden the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 39 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. Carr raquel welch tries to balance her desire for a. According to a march 31, 1971 daily variety article, curtwel productions, a company owned by actress raquel welch and her then husband, patrick curtis, purchased the script for kansas city bomber from barry sandler, a college graduate student at the time, who had written it as his masters thesis, with welch in mind as the star. Kansas city bomber is a 1972 american drama film released by metrogoldwyn mayer, directed by jerrold freedman and starring raquel welch. Carr, also has balls for performing her own stunts, and even breaking her wrist doing it. Although she had only three lines of dialogue in the film, images. Kansas city bombers is first and foremost an action film. While raquel welch was a household name and an international sex symbol through much of the 1960sand 1970s, hollywood didnt seem sure about what to do with her. In 1972, by her own admission, raquel welch was a sex goddess who hasnt turned serious actress and kansas city bomber changed nothing.
Raquel competed on the track, then in a catfight by a train track, and finaly in a match race against her arch rival. Come to think of it, for a game that uses no balls, it sure has a hell of a lot of it going around. With raquel welch, kevin mccarthy, helena kallianiotes, norman alden. Exchanging fame for a purpose official fan page for. Carr raquel welch skates for the kansas city bombers, until a rivalry with one of her own teammates gets her traded to the portland. Carr, a divorcee with two children who becomes romantically involved with burt henry kevin mccarthy. Kc carr plays roller derby and she skates for the kansas city bombers. Kansas city bomber by jerrold freedman jerrold freedman. Kc makes two separate trips to see her children and mother in the movie, but in the.
Carr a struggling mother of two who goes allout as the star in the roller derby circuit. Kansas city bomber 1972 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Kansas city bomber 1972 trailers and clips moviefone. As patrick wrote, it is obvious when a stunt double was used but raquel did enough of her own skating during production that she reportedly hurt her forearm. Burt is the owner of a roller derby team, the kansas city bombers, and convinces k. The team proves to be a mess, run by the dishonest burt henry kevin mccarthy and led by drunken captain jackie burdette helena kallianiotes. Carr raquel welch skates for the kansas city bombers, until a rivalry with one of her own teammates gets her traded to the portland loggers. Raquel welch ballbusting compilation video dailymotion. Kansas city bomber is a 1972 american drama film released by metrogoldwynmayer, directed by jerrold freedman and starring raquel welch. Look for oscarwinner jodie foster silence of the lambs, maverick in an early performance. However, kc starts have problems with one of the other skaters.
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