Sherri Vernon emerged in the 1970s as a compelling presence in cult cinema, known for her roles in The Doll Squad (1973) and 10 Violent Women (1982). In The Doll Squad, she plays a key member of an elite female team tasked with thwarting a terrorist plot, embodying the era's blend of action and exploitation. Her performance in 10 Violent Women further solidified her status, as she navigates the gritty world of vengeance and survival. Vernon's contributions to these films highlight her integral role in the evolution of female-led narratives within the genre.
10 Violent Women
A group of women miners get fed up with their lifestyle and decide to try crime. After successfully pulling off a jewelry store robbery, they fail to sell the jewelry and are forced to trade the jewels for cocaine. Soon they are busted by undercover cops when they try to sell the drugs, sending four of the women to a prison where a butch head guard uses the prisoners for her own deviant pleasures. Eventually they break out and split up. A Shah, who lost his priceless Scarab ring in the original robbery, tracks it to the two remaining women and offers them an employment opportunity. Director Ted Mikels appears as Leo the Fence, who is killed by one of the women who stomps him repeatedly with her spiked heel.
