The Great Texas Dynamite Chase (also known as Dynamite Women) is a 1976 American crime comedy film directed by Michael Pressman (in his directorial debut).
Plot
Busting out of prison, Candy Morgan gets out of her jumpsuit and robs a small Texas bank, with lighted sticks of dynamite. She is assisted by bank teller Ellie-Jo Turner, who has just been fired for persistent lateness and "total lack of character." Later, Candy picks up Ellie-Jo hitchhiking. The two tightly outfitted women decide to team-up and become a modern-day "Bonnie and Clyde". They meet Slim robbing a convenience store, and take him hostage. Knowing good gigs when he sees them, he makes the dynamite duo a threesome.
Cast
Claudia Jennings as Candy Morgan
Jocelyn Jones as Ellie-Jo Turner
Johnny Crawford as Slim
Christopher Pennock as Jake
Tara Strohmeier as Pam Morgan
Tom Rosqui as Jason Morgan
Priscilla Pointer as Miss Harris
Miles Watkins as Boyfriend
Nancy Bleier as Carol
Buddy Kling as Mr. Sherman
Oliver Clark as Officer Andy
Ed Steef as Todd
Danny Sullivan as Young Texan
Bart Braverman as Freddie
Peggy Brenner as Bank Teller
Jim Boles as Mr. Ralston
Reception
Variety called it "a good example of a well-made exploitation film which works on two levels, providing kicks for the ozoner crowd and tongue-in-cheek humor for the more sophisticated." Vincent Canby of The New York Times wrote, "Like every other low-budget, regional melodrama of this kind, the movie is virtually constructed of automobile chases in which every shot of the lead car turning a corner, hitting a bump or swerving to avoid a truck must be repeated by a shot of the pursuing car dealing with the same set of circumstances." Linda Gross of the Los Angeles Times stated, "Producer David Irving makes an auspicious first feature debut in this stylish and enjoyable fantasy about friendship among thieves."