Darktown Strutters

Darktown Strutters

Year: 1975

Runtime: 90 mins

Language: English

Director: William Witney

ComedyAction

With fierce style and a love of motorcycles, a singing daughter and her all‑female biker gang hit the streets after a well‑known abortion‑clinic owner and several other black community leaders vanish. Determined and unapologetic, they use their rides and street smarts to pry open the mystery and expose the forces behind the disappearances.

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1

Diner confrontation with Marines

A roadside diner encounter erupts as the four biker women clash with three US Marines. They pie them with lemon meringue pies and win the fight. The group rides off, humming the Marine Corps hymn as they leave.

roadside diner
2

Cops pull them over

A group of comically militarized cops stops the bikers and demands to see their licenses. Tension rises as a fat officer sits stuck in his cruiser while Syreena confronts him. They argue briefly before the bikers slip away, leaving trouble in their wake.

parking lot near roadside
3

Rivals and a race near the police station

The girls go to Sky Hog BBQ where a rival gang challenges them to a race around the police station. Syreena battles the rival leader Mellow and wins, with a chaotic chase past a police car being washed by inmates. English looking cops on horseback briefly pursue them, but they escape while noting the KKK in a box truck.

Sky Hog BBQ and police station area
4

Gangs fraternize and romance

Back at their hangout the two gangs mingle and exchange bravado. Syreena and Mellow share a comedic and unexpected moment of intimacy. The night hints at uneasy alliances and increased danger ahead.

biker hangout
5

Wired's arrest

The police arrive to arrest a gang member named Wired for alleged drug activity. They batter the door using an officer as a battering ram, and Wired convulses as the others mock him. The moment underscores the violence surrounding the bikers.

biker hangout
6

Search for Cinderella and Laz's intro

Syreena visits a dingy neighborhood to find an abandoned house where her brother Laz greets her with a kung fu kick. He mentions Cinderella has been missing for ten days and remains a mystery. He returns inside the house through a door smashing entrance, hinting at deeper family upheaval.

abandoned neighborhood house
7

Cross foundation mansion encounter

Commander Cross speaks to Black residents gathered outside his mansion, promoting the Cross foundation. Syreena arrives dressed as a nun and asks about her mother, but the maid says she does not know and suggests asking a local detective. The scene frames the villainous schemes around the community.

Commander Cross' mansion
8

Police alert and station intrusion

The Ghetto Alert Map lights up and the cops surge into action. Syreena enters the police station in disguise and tells the officers that the alert is at 77th and Normandy. She encounters a detective who remarks that he is not what he seems while pursuing a case about a white female rapist who targets Black men and wears blackface.

police station
9

Carnival confrontation and abduction

The two gangs enjoy themselves at a carnival until the Ku Klux Klan appears and fights with them. The police intervene to calm the chaos, but a prominent Black man is abducted amid the confusion. The scene heightens racial tensions and danger surrounding the characters.

carnival
10

Uncle's junk store and Raspberry

Syreena visits her uncle who owns a junk store and is directed to a pimp named Philo Raspberry. He brushes her off, claiming he is busy, but a helpful girl suggests Lexie, a former ally who might know Cinderella. The search widens beyond the biker circle.

uncle's junk store
11

Interrogation and Volt's network

Raspberry admits he acts as an intermediary for the Cross foundation and mentions an ice cream man who sells drugs, a clue that points toward Casabah Volt's operation. The information shifts the pursuit toward Volt and his criminal network. The trail hints at a wider conspiracy connected to missing people.

Raspberry's place
12

Lexie and the runaway house

Lexie reveals she does not know Cinderella's exact location but mentions a runaway house where their mother may have been. She explains she was drugged and woke up pregnant, deepening the mystery. The gang vows to pursue the runaway house to find Cinderella.

runaway house area
13

Volt's lead to Lexie

Volt directs them toward an ice cream man who sells drugs, a clue that leads to the runaway network. The pimp's information accelerates the plan to locate Lexie and Cinderella. The group prepares to move quickly to the next location.

Volt's operation
14

Lexie located and captured

The team closes in on Lexie, who is found in a freezer building and held by Circa Volt's associates. The reunion with Lexie comes with new tensions as the truth about Cinderella remains elusive. Her testimony helps push the chase forward.

freezer building
15

Cloning plot and final confrontation

Syreena is chased by the KKK and captured, brought to Colonel Cross' mansion where he wears a pig costume. He explains that he uses a cloning machine to replace heads of the Black community to control the vote. She escapes, leading to a motorcycle chase and a final battle against Cross's clones and the KKK, culminating in Cinderella's rescue and the cloning machine birthing a new colonel who calls her mama.

Colonel Cross' mansion and surrounding battlegrounds

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