Female Trouble
“Nice girls don't wear cha-cha heels.”
Teenage delinquent Dawn Davenport, incensed after her parents do not give her the cha-cha heels she wanted for Christmas, runs away from home. After an illegitimate child and hairstylist husband bring her more misery, she's enticed into a life of crime when the owners of her husband's salon promise her fame and fortune.
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Cast
41 people
Divine
Dawn Davenport / Earl Peterson
Known for
Pink Flamingos
Hairspray
David Lochary
Donald Dasher
Known for
Pink Flamingos
Multiple Maniacs
Mary Vivian Pearce
Donna Dasher
Known for
Pink Flamingos
Multiple Maniacs
Mink Stole
Taffy Davenport
Known for
Pink Flamingos
Desperate Living
Edith Massey
Aunt Ida
Known for
Pink Flamingos
Polyester
Cookie Mueller
Concetta
Known for
Pink Flamingos
Multiple Maniacs
Susan Walsh
Chicklette
Known for
Pink Flamingos
Multiple Maniacs
Michael Potter
Gater
Ed Peranio
Wink
Known for
Multiple Maniacs
Desperate Living
Paul Swift
Butterfly
Known for
Pink Flamingos
Multiple Maniacs
George Figgs
Dribbles
Also in
Pink Flamingos
Dorothy, the Kansas City Pot Head
Susan Lowe
Vikki
Known for
Desperate Living
Multiple Maniacs
John Waters Director · Charles Roggero Editor Vincent Peranio Production designer
Worldwide gross $9.1K · Budget $25K · United States release October 11, 1974
Box office
Budget
$25,000
Worldwide gross
$9,118
Gross vs. budget
0.4×
Production
Dreamland
Production
Saliva Films
Production
United States
Produced in
Rotten Mind, Rotten Face
Working title
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · October 11, 1974
Premiere · Baltimore, Maryland
United States
February 12, 1975 · Premiere · New York City
Australia
February 1, 1977 · Theatrical
Brazil
April 24, 2026 · Limited theatrical · Museu da Imagem e do Som ("Mostra John Waters 80 Anos")
Canada
February 15, 1976 · Theatrical
France
March 28, 1984 · Theatrical
September 14, 2013 · Premiere · L'Étrange Festival
Germany
October 11, 1979 · Theatrical · West Germany
Greece
September 1, 1993 · Premiere · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
November 8, 2019 · Premiere · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Japan
July 12, 1986 · Theatrical
Mexico
March 28, 1984 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
February 1, 1980 · Theatrical
August 18, 1988 · Theatrical
July 23, 2007 · Physical · DVD
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