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Girls Are for Loving (1973)
Two women who like control face each other in a battle over jealousy and weaknesses. The US is about to sign a trade treaty with an Asian country; in exchange for friendly relations, the US will loan the Asians money to purchase US goods under contract. Evil siren Ronnie St. Clair tries various ways to find out which US companies will get these contracts, so that she can do some inside trading to make money on the stock market. The CIA hires gun-carrying, man-eating chanteuse and stripper, Ginger MacAllister, to put a stop to Miss St. Clair’s plan. Ginger and her CIA contact, Clay Boyer, an African-American, are attracted to each other. Will they live to ignite this spark?
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Two women who like control face each other in a battle over jealousy and weaknesses. The US is about to sign a trade treaty with an Asian country; in exchange for friendly relations, the US will loan the Asians money to purchase US goods under contract. Evil siren Ronnie St. Clair tries various ways to find out which US companies will get these contracts, so that she can do some inside trading to make money on the stock market. The CIA hires gun-carrying, man-eating chanteuse and stripper, Ginger MacAllister, to put a stop to Miss St. Clair’s plan. Ginger and her CIA contact, Clay Boyer, an African-American, are attracted to each other. Will they live to ignite this spark?
Rating:R
Genre:Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Written By:Don Schain
In Theaters:5/25/1973
Box Office:
Runtime:95 minutes
Studio:Derio
Cast
Don Schain
Director
Cheri Caffaro
Ginger McAllister
Timothy Brown
Clay Bowers
Sheila Leighton
Ronnie St. Clair
Scott Ellsworth
James L. Whitney III
Fred Vincent
William Henderson, Jr.
Robert C. Jefferson
Mateo
Rod Loomis
Mark Broderick
Larry Douglas
US Cabinet Member
Anthony C. Cannon
Neil Barrington
William Grannel
Jason Varone
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