: In Portland, she faces a "cutthroat world" managed by the manipulative team owner, Burt Henry (Kevin McCarthy). Henry treats the athletes like chess pieces, orchestrating match outcomes to maximize profit.

The film follows (Raquel Welch), a single mother and roller derby star nicknamed the "Kansas City Bomber".

: After a bitter rivalry with a teammate in Kansas City, K.C. is traded to the Portland Loggers in Oregon.

The story of is a gritty look at the brutal world of 1970s roller derby, a sport that sat squarely between athletic competition and choreographed spectacle. The Narrative Plot

: K.C. struggles to balance her dreams of stardom with the guilt of being on the road and away from her two young children (one played by a young Jodie Foster ).