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Title: Sudden Death (1985)
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Cast
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Denise Coward | ... |
Valarie Wells
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| Frank Runyeon | ... |
Detective Marty Lowery
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| Jaime Tirelli | ... |
Willie
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Robert Trumbull | ... |
Herbert
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Rebecca Hollen | ... |
Peggy
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| J. Kenneth Campbell | ... |
Kosakowski
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| Joe Maruzzo | ... |
Raphael
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| Arnie Mazer | ... |
Sailor
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Gary Majchrazak | ... |
Reggie
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Tony Jaffe | ... |
Van Driver
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Doug McCoy | ... |
Cooch Elliot
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Steve Wise | ... |
Bruce Ryan
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| Laura Gardner | ... |
Detective Carter
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Mischa Bogin | ... |
Hot Dog Vendor
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Tim Roselle | ... |
Gun Salesman
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Storyline
Valarie is a happy, successful career woman, engaged to a charming and handsome man. She drives a great car and lives in a beautiful apartment. Then one night she hails the wrong taxi. She is brutally raped by the two car thieves who were taking a joyride. They leave her on the sidewalk to die after they're done with her. When she recovers, her fiancée abandons her, and with the police unable to help much in tracking down her attackers, Valarie buys a gun and takes to the gritty streets after dark, luring and killing street thugs who accosted her while searching for the two thugs to get her revenge. She becomes known in the press as the 'Dum-Dum Killer' because of the hollow-point bullets she pattens out and uses. At the same time, she begins dating a sympathetic police detective, named Marty, who takes an interest in her rape case, while tracking down the 'Dum-Dum Killer', and when he begins to suspect her, he is torn between upholding the law and protecting his newest love interest. Written by Anonymous
Taglines:
The First Woman Vigilante See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
13 September 1985 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Dirty Harriet See more »Company Credits
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1.85 : 1Did You Know?
Quotes
Valarie Wells: Why do I have a gut feeling that there's not much interest in the police department in finding the two men who attacked me?Detective Marty Lowery: Miss Wells, we want to catch these guys but there are more criminals than there are police, and nobody wants to hire more cops.
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I know that this is an old and campy movie, but the message as a whole rings true even today...if someone gets raped, they want revenge and boy is it sweet when you get it. Look at Sally Fields in "An Eye for an Eye" ----You want it, You get it, You love it!