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Plot

The eternally victimized Elizabeth Montgomery is the star of Act of Violence. She plays a recently divorced newswoman whose world is shattered by a gang mugging (an astonishingly brutal sequence for a TV movie). The injuries subside, but Montgomery must heal her emotional wounds--and also reassess her liberal attitudes towards the rights of criminals. She is incapable of rational thought under the circumstances, and transforms into a vengeful bigot. The working title of Act of Violence was The Victim...Anatomy of a Mugging.
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Crime and Mystery,Thriller
Run Time:
90min.
Director(s):
Paul Wendkos
Tone:
Bleak,Cathartic,Disturbing,Earnest
Keywords:
arrest,attack,gangster,rape,stalking,victim,violence