Smokey and the Judge (1980)

The Radar read

A quieter title still finding its audience, though the rating rests on a thin sample, so treat it as provisional.

Synopsis

Three bad girls go good in this Southern-fried treat from 1980. When Margo, Carol and Maria get released from prison, they set their sights on R&B stardom, starting with a gig at a roadhouse bar in a rough-and-tumble desert town. As long as they can stay clear of a sleazy sheriff, a dirty-minded judge and a troublemaking parole officer, the buxom trio may just make it after all.

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