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While Raquel Welch was a household name and an international sex symbol through much of the 1960s'and 1970s, Hollywood didn't seem sure about what to do with her; this was one of her more unusual vehi... read more read more...cles from this period, in which Welch plays K.C. Carr, a divorcee with two children who becomes romantically involved with Burt Henry (Kevin McCarthy). Burt is the owner of a roller derby team, the Kansas City Bombers, and convinces K.C. that a career on the rink might be just the thing for her. K.C. soon discovers that the sport is rougher than she imagined, and her teammate Jackie (Helena Kallianiotes) is convinced that K.C. is out to replace her as the Bombers' star attraction. But another member of the team, Horrible Hank Hopkins (Norman Alden), shows K.C. the ropes and stands up for her. When Hank gets traded to another team, K.C. has to learn to fend for herself against Jackie as well as Burt. Raquel Welch did all her own skating for this film; an accident while filming one of the derby sequences left her with a broken wrist that shut down production for six weeks. Legendary singer and songwriter Phil Ochs was tapped by the producers of Kansas City Bomber to write a theme song for the film; it wasn't used, though it was released as a single and appeared on the compilation CD The War is Over: The Best of Phil Ochs. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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PG, 1 hr. 39 min.

Directed by: Jerrold Freedman

Release Date: January 1, 1972

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DVD Release Date: May 31, 2005

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  • Lester7L
    January 24, 2008
    Lester7L
    IF YOU ARE A FAN OF RACHEL WELCH ( IF NOT WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU? LOL!!0 ALSO IF YOU LIKE ROLLER DERBY OR DID THIS IS A WEL DONE CLASSIC FILM! A MUST SEE! REAL ROLLER DERBY STARS OF THE IME I-E RONNIE PSCHICO REINS, SALLLY VEGA, ETC, STAR LSO!
  • splittailluvr
    December 18, 2006
    splittailluvr
    Kansas City Bomber is both a gritty realistic action film. Aside from the obvious plot drama Kansas City Bomber is probably the first movie to reveal the life of second rate athletes. This movie takes some chances with showing the skaters as they were in the 70s mostly middle age... read mored and lonely people who travel from city to city in buses hanging out together in cheap bars and getting no other joy from their lives except while signing their fans autographs.

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