Blazing Stewardesses

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name = Blazing Stewardesses


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director = Al Adamson
producer = Samuel M. Sherman
writer = John D'Amato
Samuel M. Sherman
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starring = Yvonne De Carlo
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cinematography = Louis Horvath
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released = 1975
runtime = 95 min.
country = U.S.A.
language = English
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imdb_id = 0071231

"Blazing Stewardesses" is a raunchy 1975 comedy film that reunited the last remaining members of the Ritz Brothers comedy team. Originally, the film was to have starred the Three Stooges featuring Moe Howard, Emil Sitka (the new middle Stooge replacing Larry Fine), and Curly Joe (De Rita), but Howard's death in 1975 led to the Stooges being disbanded, and the Ritz Brothers were brought in as replacements.

Producer Sam Sherman intended the film to be a fond throwback to B-pictures of the 1940s, and hired a cast of screen veterans: The Ritz Brothers, Yvonne DeCarlo, Don "Red" Barry, and Bob Livingston. There is some "T&A" content (DeCarlo's character runs a brothel) but nothing explicit, and the film mostly resembles a vintage western, complete with dude-ranch setting, outlaw hijackers, stunt riders, masked cowboy hero, and rodeo footage (intercut with shots of Harry and Jimmy Ritz kibitzing in the stands).

Because of the western theme, the working title "The Jet Set" was changed to "Blazing Stewardesses" to capitalize on the box-office hit "Blazing Saddles". The film was later re-released under at least three alternate titles: "Texas Layover," "Cathouse Cowgirls," and "The Great Truck Robbery".

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