I Am a Groupie

1970

Drama / Musical

1
IMDb Rating 4.7/10 10 305 305

groupie teenage girl

Plot summary

A bored teenage girl decides that she wants to meet rock stars, and the best way to do that is to become a groupie. She finds herself going on the road with a rock band called Opal Butterfly, and soon discovers that being a rock band's groupie isn't as glamorous or exciting as she thought it would be.

Director

Derek Ford Photo
Derek Ford

Top cast

Ken Hutchison Photo
Ken Hutchison as Colin
Neil Hallett Photo
Neil Hallett as Det. Sgt.
Madeleine Collinson Photo
Madeleine Collinson as Twin Groupie
Mary Collinson Photo
Mary Collinson as Twin Groupie
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768.01 MB
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English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 23 min
Seeds 18
1.39 GB
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English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 23 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by 4 / 10

Grubby loss of innocence story

GROUPIE GIRL is another raincoat picture from dirty director Derek Ford, although this one has more going on than many others he made throughout the 1970s. It's a loss-of-innocence story about the unfortunate groupies who tag along to some very hip all-make rock groups and end up ruining their lives in the process. The main character is played by a stripper literally dragged onto the set; she has a certain screen presence although as expected her acting chops aren't quite up to scratch, although the same can be said for most of the cast. The exceptions are a taciturn Donald Sumpter and DAD'S ARMY's James Beck in a cameoing role.
Reviewed by 5 / 10

Reasonable sexploitation

Although there is a fair amount of nudity,unlike other sexploitation films of the period this actually has a story. One which has the ring of truth due to the experiences of one of the couriers.Though it is very cheaply and shoddy production with poor sound and unconvincing acting.Interesting to see James Beck,of Dads Army game in a small part.
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Worth seeing I guess

This British film is a less racy, but equally depressing (albeit less melodramatic) than the German film "I, a Groupie" with which it is sometimes confused. Unlike the German film, this movie doesn't have an incendiary sex star like Ingrid Steeger, but its lead, the never-to-be-seen-again Esme Johns, is reasonably pretty and way too good for the douchebag rockers in this movie who use her for a sperm dumpster. Her introduction to groupie-dom is rather strange. She goes to a concert with her provincial mates and then for no particular reason stows away to London in the group's van. After she shags the lead singer rotten, she ends up getting in a catfight with his regular girlfriend and is kicked to the curb. But this doesn't dissuade her from the masochistic groupie lifestyle as she is passed from group to group, at one point literally through the windows of two moving vans.The director Derek Ford would go on to a pretty lengthy career in the British sex industry, but this might be his best film, even if it's probably his tamest (by the late 70's he was doing hardcore porn flicks). The producer Stanley Long was also active in the industry and directed stuff like "Sex and the Other Woman". The infamous Collinson twins, Madeline and Mary, from Hammer's "Twins of Evil" make a cameo appearance in a bizarre scene at a swinging party where the guests couple up based on assigned animal impersonations (don't ask). The Collinsons have virtually no dialogue, but they offer up some fleeting nudity (and, after all, they weren't exactly known for their brilliant line readings). The music is all by obscure, third-rate British Invasion bands, but still its pretty good for the soundtrack of a cheap exploitation flick like this. I liked "I, a Groupie" better, but this better than other groupie-oriented films I've seen like "Bummer" (or, for that matter, "Almost Famous"). Worth seeing I guess.
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