cult film freak: LIZA GREER & ROBIN GREER IN GREYDON CLARK'S 'ANGELS' BRIGADE'

Written by James M. Tate / 10/20/2025 / No comments / alan hale jr. , exploitation , greydon clark , jack palance , jacqulin cole , jim backus , liza greer , neville brand , peter lawford , robin greer , seventies , susan kiger , sylvia anderson

LIZA GREER & ROBIN GREER IN GREYDON CLARK'S 'ANGELS' BRIGADE'

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Liza Greer in ANGELS' BRIGADE Year: 1979 Rating: ***1/2

Thank goodness that in 1979, no one told low-budget director Greydon Clark that this kind of crime-centered, revenge-driven, van-cruising exploitation had gone out of style since blaxploitation and kung fu flicks waned in popularity, but, with the then-popularity of CHARLIE'S ANGELS on television, Clark's ANGEL'S BRIGADE really hit the spot... and with more than three beautiful women...

One a lanky-cute, pig-tailed teenager, played by Liza Greer (seeming primed for her own movie), trained by real life sister Robin Greer, a cop who also helps shape tough black chick Sylvia Anderson, athletic Asian Lieu Chinh, tall blonde showgirl (and technically leading actress) Susan Kiger, spicy Latina Noela Velasco and Clark's wife Jacquelin Cole, an idealistic high school school teacher who has, not surprisingly, the best part herein...

From ANGELS' BRIGADE aka ANGELS' REVENGE

While the oldest and technically the least attractive, her resilience and attitude steals the show, providing an 11th hour kidnapping by pusher/girl-slaver Peter Lawford (backed by crooked cop Jack Palance with filler cameos by Jim Backus, Alan Hale Jr., Pat Buttram and Neville Brand) that's like its own separate neo-noir action-flick...

That followed the energetic planning stages and execution of a militant group's rural compound... each segment providing enough surprisingly mainstream action-packed fare to make BRIGADE a low-budget version of what the likes of Quentin Tarantino would attempt backed by millions and millions of dollars... yet not this fun and effectively.

Jacquelin Cole in ANGELS' BRIGADE

Sylvia Anderson in ANGELS' BRIGADE

Lieu Chinh in ANGELS' BRIGADE

Robin Greer in ANGELS' BRIGADE

Susan Kiger in ANGELS' BRIGADE

Noela Velasco in ANGELS' BRIGADE

Liza Cole in ANGELS' BRIGADE

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