Jess Franco's fifth film and his second feature film is a forerunner to a theme that he would return to a few times during the 1960s. LABIOS ROJOS aka RED LIPS was also written by Jess Franco and Manuel Pilares, the music was written by Antonio Garcia Cano, filmed in black and white, (Franco's first black and white film) and produced by Procines and Alamo Films. The film runs for 96 mins and made ESP 493,273 in Spain.
The film starred Javier Armet, Jose Canalejas, Lina Canalejas, Lina Canalejas, Ana Castor as Lola, Felix Dafauce as Radeck, Antoni Jimenex Escribano, Enrique Julvez and Isana Medel, (who had apeared in Franco's first feature film WE ARE 18 YEARS OLD) as Christina.
Lola and Mari, known as Red Lips, are two young and crazy girls engaged in
capturing criminals, secretly helping the commissioner of the city, known
only by the notes they leave behind signed with a lipstick kiss
When a diamond is stolen from a European millionaire called Kallman, he hires Red Lips to take it back. According to Kallman the diamond is in the hands of the wicked Radek, who is demanding a substantial ransom for its return.
Mari follows Radek to a hotel, where she seduces him and leaves with the diamond, leaving behind a note with her usual signature. When Mari leaves the room, a mysterious man enters and kills Radek.
Red Lips soon discover they have been victims of a trap, that the
diamond is a fake and are acused by the police of robery and murder.
The commissioner still believes in them and allows them to continue
investigating the case, which leads to a nightclub where, posing as
exotic dancers, they discover the true Kallman and Paul, the guy who
killed Radek. At the club, Red Lips mix with Kallman's cronies and Paul, but everything is complicated. Lola seems to fall in love with Paul, Mari distracts Kallman. At the last moment, the commissioner intervenes, saving and retrieving the diamond and thanking Red Lips.
