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References
- ↑ Turner Classic Movies The Girls From Thunder Strip (1966), Cast & Crew
- ↑ Totten Tomatoes The Girls From Thunder Strip (1970)
- ↑ Billboard.com 6/15/2014 -MUSIC NEWS, Casey Kasem, Iconic Radio Host, Dies at 82
- ↑ Wild Beyond Belief!:
Interviews with Exploitation Filmmakers of the 1960s and 1970s, By Brian Albright, 2008, ISBN 978-0-7864-3689-7 - Page 202 The Girl from Thunder Strip Megan Timothy - ↑ TV Guide The Girls From Thunder Strip
- ↑ Something Weird Video GIRLS OF THUNDER STRIP - DVD-R
- ↑ Do512 Weird Wednesday: THE GIRLS FROM THUNDER STRIP - 11:59p
- ↑ Film Blitz, May 6, 2021 - The Girls from Thunder Strip - Jim McLennan
- ↑ Grindouse Database The Girls from Thunder Strip
- ↑ TV Guide - The Girls from Thunder Strip - Full Cast & Crew
- ↑ Blu-ray.com - DIRECTED BY DAVID L. HEWITT, THE GIRLS FROM THUNDER STRIP 1970
- ↑ 10K Bullets April 16, 2011 Girls From Thunder Strip, The - Written by: Carroll Jenkins
