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LINDSAY BLOOM AND PAT ANDERSON ARE 'COVER GIRL MODELS'

Title: COVER GIRL MODELS Year: 1975 Rating: ***1/2

Before Roger and wife Julie Corman's full-fledged New World production SUMMER SCHOOL TEACHERS, tall blonde beauty Pat Anderson and intense brunette Rhonda Hopkins played COVER GIRL MODELS...

Which wasn't made but distributed by Corman, who sent many production companies (including his own) to the Philippines for low-budget exploitation ranging from female prison flicks to what COVER GIRL MODELS shapes into...

Lindsay Bloom and Pat Anderson in COVER GIRL MODELS

A kind of James Bond flick with chicks, and not really a spoof since the microfilm plot involving villain Vic Diaz vs helpful karate hero Tony Ferrer can get dangerous while the most lightweight aspect's in Corman regular Tara Strohmeier (quickly replacing the diva-like Hopkins): beginning as a naive, endearingly sweet and clumsy model's assistant before becoming one herself, attached to handsome photographer (and her TRUCK TURNER co-star) John Kramer...

Yet the real scene-stealer's future spunky TV-actress Lindsay Bloom (who'd play Stacy Keach as Mike Hammer's secretary Velda), not fitting as much as either Pat Anderson or Tara, both mainly known for Corman quickies...

Lindsay Bloom and Pat Anderson in COVER GIRL MODELS

During the central overseas photo-shoot and fashion show, Bloom's quirky peroxide-blonde keeps trying to land a role for a fat-cat producer, who said models cannot be actresses, a kind of in-joke since she's particularly natural and effective: accidentally going undercover before winding up a hostage to gun-wielding thugs...

Making COVER GIRL MODELS both a three-women Corman style sexy-adventure (actually produced/directed by Cirio H. Santiago) and a crime flick exploitation hybrid, that, backed by a groovy xylophone lounge-jazz-score, works much better than intended or expected.

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Lindsay Bloom in COVER GIRL MODELS
Pat Anderson in COVER GIRL MODELS
Pat Anderson in COVER GIRL MODELS
Tara Strohmeier in COVER GIRL MODELS
Tara Strohmeier in COVER GIRL MODELS
Pat Anderson in COVER GIRL MODELS with Tony Ferrer
John Kramer in COVER GIRL MODELS
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Lindsay Bloom in COVER GIRL MODELS
Lindsay Bloom in COVER GIRL MODELS with John Kramer
Tara Strohmeier in COVER GIRL MODELS
Tara Strohmeier in COVER GIRL MODELS
Tara Strohmeier in COVER GIRL MODELS with Lindsay Bloom
John Kramer and Vic Diaz in COVER GIRL MODELS
Lindsay Bloom in COVER GIRL MODELS with Mark LeBuse
Mary Woronov (opening cameo) in COVER GIRL MODELS
John Kramer in COVER GIRL MODELS
Rhonda Leigh Hopkins in COVER GIRL MODELS with John Kramer
Tara Strohmeier in COVER GIRL MODELS with Lindsay Bloom
Tara Strohmeier in COVER GIRL MODELS with Lindsay Bloom
Pat Anderson in COVER GIRL MODELS
Lindsay Bloom and Jordan Rosengarten in COVER GIRL MODELS
Pat Anderson in COVER GIRL MODELS
Lindsay Bloom and Pat Anderson in COVER GIRL MODELS with John Kramer & Tara Strohmeier



Title: COVER GIRL MODELS Year: 1975 Rating: ***1/2

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