A Dangerous Woman (1993)
- Starring:
- Debra Winger, Barbara Hershey, (more)
- Director(s):
- Stephen Gyllenhaal
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
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Debra Winger's performance as a slow, mentally disturbed woman in A Dangerous Woman, raises the film far above its conventional, violence-ridden plot. Winger plays Martha, a quiet, lonely woman who has adjusted to a life without a man as she toils away at her small job at a dry cleaners in a small town. She lives in the guest cottage of the home of relative Frances (Barbara Hershey). Frances is a single woman who takes up with a variety of men as a cover for her loneliness and insecurity. When Anita (Laurie Metcalf) barrels her car into Frances' porch (thinking, correctly, that her husband is inside Frances' house), alcoholic handyman Mackey (Gabriel Byrne) appears on the scene and offers to fix Frances' porch. As Mackey works on the porch, Mackey becomes involved with both Frances and Martha. Into this melodramatic brew is added Getso (David Strathairn), a petty crook who works with Martha at the dry cleaners. When the four principles interact with each other, the disturbing results include an unwanted pregnancy, a murder, and some unsparing violence. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Debra Winger - Martha Horgan
- Gabriel Byrne - Mackey
- Chloe Webb - Birdie
- Jan Hooks - Make-up Girl
- Viveka Davis - Mercy
- Laurie Metcalf - Anita
- Warren Munson - Gately
- Maggie Gyllenhaal - Patsy
- Amanda Mackey-Johnson
- Cathy Sandrich
- Heather Locklear
- Jack Riley - Bandleader
- Barbara Hershey - Frances
- David Strathairn - Getso
- John Terry - Steve Bell
- Paul Dooley - Tupperware Salesman
- Richard Riehle - John
- Brandis Kemp - Female Caterer
- Breon Gorman - Heidi
- Jake Gyllenhaal - Edward
- Brad Blaisdell - Wesley
- Rebeca Arthur - Checker
- Anna Mathias - Singer
- Director(s):
- Stephen Gyllenhaal
- Writer(s):
- Naomi Foner
- Producer(s):
- Patricia Whitcher, Naomi Foner
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Violence, Nudity, Strong Sexual Content, Questionable for Children, Adult Situations)
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