Lady Killer (1995 film)
Lady Killer is a 1995 drama film directed by Steven Schachter, and stars Judith Light as a married woman who breaks off an affair with a younger man, Jack Wagner, who doesn't react well and targets her daughter, Tracey Gold.
| Lady Killer | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Thriller |
| Written by | Michael L. Grace |
| Directed by | Steven Schachter |
| Starring | Judith Light Jack Wagner Tracey Gold |
| Music by | Micky Erbe Maribeth Solomon |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Donald Kushner Peter Locke |
| Producers | Janet Faust Krusi Michael L. Grace (co-producer) Julie Cohen (associate producer) |
| Cinematography | Bryan England Peter Luxford |
| Editor | Bernadette Kelly |
| Running time | 85 mins |
| Production company | The Kushner-Locke Company |
| Distributor | CBS |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | April 5, 1995 |
Plot
Janice Mitchell (Judith Light) is a married woman who has a brief affair with an attractive, younger man Dr. Guy Ellisman (Jack Wagner). When she breaks off the affair, he doesn't react well, first by stalking and raping her.
Janice and her husband decide to take an island vacation with their daughter Sharon (Tracey Gold), who brings along her boyfriend, who turns out to be Guy Ellisman. Janice soon finds herself at risk of telling her family about her affair.
In the end, everything comes to a head at a lighthouse, when Guy attempts to kill Ross by shooting him, then chases Janice up to the top of the lighthouse and tries to rape her again while insanely claiming his love for her. Sharon, having realized Guy's evil nature, attempts to stop him by taking his gun, only for Guy to attack her, throw the gun away, and violently push her down to the ground. Guy then pathetically attempts to beg Janice to love him and not hate him, but his pleading words end up confirming once and for all to Janice what type of person Guy truly is: an irredeemable monster willing to commit any atrocity (from using and hurting Sharon to shooting Ross) just to have and keep Janice all to himself, under the delusional belief that she loves Guy. This causes an enraged Janice to finally reject Guy for good and permanently destroy his delusion by violently attacking him and pushing him off the lighthouse tower, and a horrified Guy falls screaming to his death in the snowy ground below. Janice and Sharon then reach Ross, who is still alive, and the reunited family wait for medical officials to help, leaving Guy's corpse behind.
Cast
- Judith Light as Janice Mitchell
- Jack Wagner as Dr. Ellisman
- Ben Masters as Ross Mitchell
- Tracey Gold as Sharon Mitchell
- Diana Leblanc as Dr. Sachs
- Patricia Caroll Brown as Helen Oakes
- J.R. Zimmerman as George Oakes
- Wendy Hopkins as Sgt. Ryan
- Raymond O'Neill as Bob
- Sheila Brand as Wendy
DVD
Lady Killer was released to DVD on June 17, 2003 through Live/Artisan studio.