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.
Directed by John Waters
rape
parent child relationship
delinquent
black humor
run away
juvenile delinquent
hitchhiking
drag
acid
gay theme
Rank
#5 in 1976·#713 overall
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Cast
Divine
Dawn Davenport / Earl Peterson
David Lochary
Donald Dasher
Mary Vivian Pearce
Donna Dasher
Mink Stole
Taffy Davenport
Edith Massey
Aunt Ida
Cookie Mueller
Concetta
Susan Walsh
Chicklette
Ed Peranio
Wink
Paul Swift
Butterfly
George Figgs
Dribbles
Susan Lowe
Vikki
George Hulse
Teacher
Crew
John Waters
Director
John Waters
Writer
John Waters
Editor
John Waters
Director of Photography
John Waters
Producer
Ed Peranio
Special Effects
David Lochary
Hairstylist
Mink Stole
Still Photographer
Steve Yeager
Production Assistant
Sally Albaugh
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Popular Reviews
533 reviews
Constantonis
8.0★ · 03/31/26
‘I've DONE everything a mother can do: I've locked her in her room, I've beat her with the car aerial. Nothing changes her. It's HARD being a loving mother!’
‘I've DONE everything a mother can do: I've locked her in her room, I've beat her with the car aerial. Nothing changes her. It's HARD being a loving mother!’
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michi
10.0★ · 12/15/25
RIP taffy, she would have fucking LOVED david cronenbergs crash
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RIP taffy, she would have fucking LOVED david cronenbergs crash
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michi
10.0★ · 12/07/25
looking for my eyeliner den
looking for my eyeliner den
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Medalit
6.0★ · 11/11/25
*The world of the heterosexual is a sick and boring life. *amen
*The world of the heterosexual is a sick and boring life. *amen
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Cosy
8.0★ · 11/10/25
instant sadness cure bc how are u gonna be upset when divine is beating the shit out of her parents for not buying her cha cha heels for christmas
instant sadness cure bc how are u gonna be upset when divine is beating the shit out of her parents for not buying her cha cha heels for christmas
