Girl in Gold Boots, Go-Go Dancer in Peril

Go-Go dancers!  Those boots they wear, is there anything that says 'prurient fun' better than go-go dancers clad in go-go boots?  Say, as teachers bail out of the teaching profession in droves, might we see a resurgence in go-go dancing clubs?  We can only hope.  Joining stewardesses and kinky nurses, go-go dancers are a perfect vehicle for some nice exploitation/drive-in films. 1968's "Girl in Gold Boots," is one such film.  Directed by exploitation king, Ted V. Mikels, this film will throw some nice go-go dancing and dancers your way. 

Michele (Leslie McRay) is a sultry waitress at a greasy spoon in the southwest.  Her dad, the cook, slaps her around silly.  Enter the sweet talking Buz (Tom Pace). He sees Michele dancing to juke box music and tells her she should be a professional go-go dancer.  Michele raids the cash register and the two head to L.A. Oh yes, Buz has no money and says he has a sister, Joanie (Bara Byrnes) who is the head dancer at a Hollywood club.  The two pick up a hitchhiker, Critter (Jody Daniels).  This pseudo intellectual plays the guitar and herded yaks in Nepal.  Uh oh, Michele likes Critter more than Buz.  Buz and Critter will fight over Michele.  After a mini-crime spree, the trio reach L.A. and go to Joanie's club.  The beautiful Joanie is indeed the head go-go dancer at Leo's (Nark Herron) club.  She agrees to give Michele an audition.

The go-go dancers are fine!  Gold boots or silver boots...and sometimes shiny silver bikinis...very gratuitous.  They'll perform many numbers for our pleasure.  Michele makes the squad. Leo, the owner, also runs a drug ring.  He recruits Buz to run LSD for him and make pick-ups.  Critter is hired to mop the floors.  Leo loves Michele more than his own sister.  As Joanie gets more and more strung out on her brother's LSD, her dancing career tanks.  Leo replaces Joanie with Michele as head dancer.  More go-go dancing and more shiny go-go boots.  Now Buz is looking for a big score and Leo is getting more ambitious. Critter sees what is going on and tries to get Michele to leave with him before she follows the path of the overdosed Joanie.  Michele is seduced by her new found fame and her new bikini and gold boots.

Will Michele leave with the man she loves or follow the destructive path that ate up Joanie?  Are high-heeled shiny boots a woman's accessory that we are begging for in 2021?  Do we really need more young girls going into teaching now that most schools stay shut down, or is it nubile go-go dancers America needs?  Bring back go-go dancing and go-go dancers! Even NFL cheerleaders went away.  In an America that is at war with beauty and allure, let us make a stand and demand our go-go dancing clubs back!  For a fun film that shows all of us that America used to be fun, see "Girl in Gold Boots."