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Ms .45

Ms .45

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Ms .45

"She was abused and violated. It will never happen again!"

1981

1h 21m

6.7(420 votes)

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After being attacked and raped twice in one day, a timid, mute seamstress becomes a violent agent of revenge for wronged women.

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Zoë Lund

Zoë Lund

Thana (as Zoë Tamerlis)

Albert Sinkys

Albert

Darlene Stuto

Laurie

Abel Ferrara

Abel Ferrara

First Rapist (as Jimmy Laine)

Helen McGara

Helen McGara

Carol

Editta Sherman

Editta Sherman

Mrs. Nasone

Stephen Singer

Stephen Singer

Photographer

Jayne Kennedy

Jayne Kennedy

Seamstress

Jack Thibeau

Jack Thibeau

Man in Bar

Nike Zachmanoglou

Pamela

Creative team

Directed by: Abel Ferrara
Written by: Nicholas St. John

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