Bad Girls (film)

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Bad Girls
Directed by	Jonathan Kaplan
Written by	Ken Friedman Yolande Turner
Starring	Madeleine Stowe Mary Stuart Masterson Andie MacDowell Drew Barrymore
Release date(s)	1994
Running time	99 min.
Country	U.S.A.
Language	English
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Bad Girls is a 1994 western film starring Madeleine Stowe, Mary Stuart Masterson, Andie MacDowell and Drew Barrymore. It was directed by Jonathan Kaplan from a screenplay by Ken Friedman and Yolande Turner.

The appropriate term for the women who populated Western Saloons was "Sporting Gals" or some variation. Everybody knows how they make their living. These women are supporting themselves in one of the few ways available in that time frame without living with a father or husband. This is a sympathetic portrayal of four shrewd, strong women. They are more than stereotypical, one dimensional characters. They play against type & triumph over extreme gender discrimination. These are real women doing what they have to do to survive in a harsh man's world. Great feminist Western with rock music tracks.

The plot follows four Saloon Girls on the run following a justifiable homicide and a prison escape, and later encounter difficulties involving bank robbery and Pinkerton detectives.