A New York City career woman becomes a vigilante after being raped by two car thieves.A New York City career woman becomes a vigilante after being raped by two car thieves.A New York City career woman becomes a vigilante after being raped by two car thieves.
Timothy Roselle
- Gun Salesman
- (as Tim Roselle)
- Director
- Writer
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- TriviaDuring the opening credits, the name of actress Rebecca Hollen, who played Peggy, is spelled as "Rebeccah Hollen''.
- GoofsWells the main female in character goes into a gun shop to by the gun, there is only one problem with this. Even in the 1980s, ballistics was still a accepted science and would have been used to link a gun to the multiple murders in the film, and she bought if from a gun shop, were not only could the gun shop owner recognize her, but could certainly link the gun to her. She is supposed to be a female vigilante, and she should have been smarter then this. She should have bought it from a illegal gun dealer were they would have wiped the serial numbers, making the gun a ghost gun. This makes very little sense, and is a plot hole.
- Quotes
Valarie Wells: You know where Hell's Kitchen is?
Maniacal Cab Driver: Yeah. Where in Hell's Kitchen?
Valarie Wells: I don't know. Just drive around. I'll tell you where I wanna get out.
Maniacal Cab Driver: We'll start at 42nd Street West 80th Avenue.
Valarie Wells: Okay.
Maniacal Cab Driver: [giggles] That's where a lot of HOES like to hang out.
Valarie Wells: Is that so?
Maniacal Cab Driver: Yeah. You lookin' for a spot... for yourself?
- Crazy creditsDuring the opening credits, the name of actress Rebecca Hollen, who played Peggy, is spelled as "Rebeccah Hollen''.
- Alternate versionsThe UK Vestron video (released as "Dirty Harriet") was cut by 2 mins 32 secs by the BBFC with heavy edits to rape scenes, a woman being choked, and a man slashing a woman's shoulder with a razor.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Remote Control (1988)
- SoundtracksSudden Death
Performed by Bloodlines
Courtesy of Streetwise Records
Featured review
Female "Death Wish"
I saw this film under the title "Dirty Harriet", which of course is completely wrong: the heroine is not a cop, but a vigilante (a more appropriate title would have been "Pauline Kersey"!). Anyway, "Sudden Death" is also pretty accurate, as that's exactly what most people who make the mistake of attacking her get in the second half of the film. The script is poor in several ways (the heroine becomes a cold-blooded killer too easily, even her first killing doesn't seem to shake her at all; her targets are also spotted too easily, it's like there is a sex maniac around every NYC street corner; the investigation of a male detective that she befriends feels a lot like padding), and the direction is strictly-by-the-numbers. Former Miss Australia Denise Coward (what an unfortunate name!) is not bad in the lead, but the film is nothing special. *1/2 out of 4.
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- gridoon2024
- Aug 31, 2009
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Dirty Harriet - Allein gegen Gewalt und Verbrechen
- Filming locations
- Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA(location: Lower Manhattan)
- Production company
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $603,000
- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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