Female Trouble(1974)
Nice girls don't wear cha-cha heels.
Dawn Davenport progresses from a teenage nightmare hell-bent on getting cha-cha heels for Christmas to a fame monster whose egomaniacal impulses land her in the electric chair.
Movie: Female Trouble
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Dawn Davenport / Earl Peterson
Donald Dasher
Donna Dasher
Taffy Davenport
Ida Nelson
Concetta
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