Blazing Stewardesses

Blazing Stewardesses

Theatrical poster to Blazing Stewardesses (1975)
Directed by Al Adamson
Produced by Samuel M. Sherman
Dan Q. Kennis (executive)
Irwin Pizor (associate)
Written by John D'Amato
Samuel M. Sherman
Starring Yvonne De Carlo
The Ritz Brothers
Don "Red" Barry
Bob Livingston
Music by Herman Stein
Cinematography Louis Horvath
Michael Ferris (assistant camera)
Michael Mileham (assistant camera)
Edited by John Winfield
Release dates
 June 1975
Running time
 95 min.
Country U.S.A.
Language English

Blazing Stewardesses is a 1975 sex comedy film. Although it followed the movie The Naughty Stewardesses by five months and the film Blazing Saddles by a year, it is not related to either film.

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 De Carlo, Don "Red" Barry, and Bob Livingston. Originally, the film was to have starred the then-current incarnation of The Three Stooges, but last surviving original Stooge Moe Howard was too ill to perform, which led to the Ritz Brothers being brought in as replacements for the March 1975 filming; Moe Howard died in early May 1975. 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 kibbutzing 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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