Ladies and Gentleman, the Fabulous Stains was also known as All Washed Up (US original script title) and The Professionals (US pre-release title).

In 1974, Adler helped produce the American stage version of The Rocky Horror Show as well as the film version, The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975).

Adler was ready to take on a new project after Up in Smoke (1978) and was presented with two scripts: one for The Fabulous Stains and another for the film Airplane.

After Ladies and Gentleman, the Fabulous Stains, Adler would never direct again.

Screenwriter Nancy Dowd also penned the screenplay for the hockey classic Slap Shot (1977).

Ladies and Gentleman, the Fabulous Stains was produced by Joe Roth, who would later go on to become chairman of Walt Disney Studios.

Jodie Foster was initially offered the role of Corinne.

Steve Jones and Paul Cook from the Sex Pistols appear in the movie as members of The Looters, as does Paul Simonon from The Clash.

Fee Waybill from The Tubes plays the Alice Cooper-inspired Lou Corpse. This was his acting debut.

L.A. punk icon Black Randy from Black Randy and the Metrosquad also makes an appearance. Ray Winstone previously appeared in the British mod classic Quadrophenia (1979). There are also brief cameos by Elizabeth Daily (a.k.a. E.G. Daily) and Brent Spiner (Star Trek: The Next Generation).

B-movie queen Debbie Rochon (most famous for her films with Troma) appears as an extra in the film. Rochon was reportedly only 12 years old when she cast in Ladies and Gentleman, the Fabulous Stains, and was homeless at the time.

Diane Lane had just turned 15 when she made the film. Laura Dern was 13.

Lou Adler liked Lane in her first film, A Little Romance (1979), and found her both "tough and vulnerable" and "what we were looking for [for the part]".

by Millie De Chirico

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The Making of Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains by Sarah Jacobson, 2004 (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0406051)