Deadline Assault

• Director: Paul Wendkos
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• Genre: Crime
• Movie Type: Psychological Drama, Crime Drama
• Release Year: 1979
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• MPAA Rating: R

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. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Linden Chiles; Sean Frye; Michael Goodwin; Biff McGuire; Elizabeth Montgomery; Roy Poole; James J. Sloyan

Credit

Paul Wendkos - Director, Paul Chihara - Composer (Music Score)