The Female Bunch is a 1969 western film. It was directed by Al Adamson

Al Adamson

Al Adamson was a prolific director of B-grade horror films throughout the 1960s and 1970s.After assisting his father, Victor Adamson, in making the 1963 movie Halfway to Hell, Adamson decided to work in the motion picture industry himself...

 and starred Russ Tamblyn

Russ Tamblyn

Russell Irving "Russ" Tamblyn is an American film and television actor, who is arguably best known for his performance in the 1961 movie musical West Side Story as Riff, the leader of the Jets gang....

 and Lon Chaney Jr. (in his final acting role in a feature film). The plot centered around a group of female criminals who cause trouble around the Mexican border. The Female Bunch was shot in the summer of 1969, at Spahn Ranch

Spahn Ranch

Spahn Ranch, also known as the Spahn Movie Ranch, was a movie ranch used for filming generally Western-themed movies and television programs. With mountainous terrain, boulder-strewn scenery, and an 'old Western town' set, Spahn Ranch was a versatile filming site for many scripts...

 during the time that it was occupied by the Manson Family.

The film was distributed by Troma Entertainment

Troma Entertainment

Troma Entertainment is an American independent film production and distribution company founded by Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz in 1974.The company produces low-budget independent movies that play on 1950s horror with elements of farce...