Once upon a time, Raquel Welch made a movie about roller derby. Was it an excuse to get in her in a pair of hot pants and tube socks? Let’s just say it didn’t win any oscars, but Raquel insisted the 1972 movie she co-produced was less about her looking like a sex symbol and more “about women who were athletes, and damn good athletes … and they got beaten up pretty good”. Either way, Raquel Welch on roller skates is pretty much the hottest thing you’re going to see all day.
Behind the scenes photographs of Kansas City Bomber by Bill Eppridge for Life Magazine.
And here’s the trailer for the film (although good luck finding this on Netflix or anywhere else)! Also, fun fact; a young and little-known Jodie Foster played Raquel’s on-screen daughter in the movie…
