Themes: Wolf in Sheep's Clothing, Woman In Jeopardy, Dangerous Attraction
Main Cast: Sean Young, Patrick Bergin, Arnetia Walker, James Read, Ron Orbach
Release Year: 1992
Country: US
Run Time: 84 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
Love Crimes, an erotic thriller directed by Lizzie Borden, explores the psychology of a con man posing as a photographer, who seduces women and then blackmails them using humiliating, revealing pictures he has taken of them. David Hanover (Patrick Bergin) preys on the hopes of women by offering them love and a possible career as fashion models. When some of the women complain, but refuse to aid in Hanover's prosecution, DA Dana Greenway (Sean Young) becomes obsessed with catching Hanover, to the point where she tracks him down and spys on him in his secluded home, making herself a potential victim. He catches her and holds her captive. Feminist filmmaker Borden, who also directed the remarkable, low-budget film Working Girls, raises interesting questions regarding sex, humiliation and male-female relationships, but the film is spoiled by the ambiguity of her central character, Dana. An abused child herself, she has the same self-loathing that the other woman who are preyed upon by Hanover possess, but her motivations for her actions remain murky. Despite these flaws, Borden, always an interesting filmmaker, raises important issues which perhaps can't be adequately resolved using the restrictions of the thriller genre. ~ Linda Rasmussen, All Movie Guide
Fern Dorsey - Colleen Dells; Wayne Shorter - Jazz Quartet Member; Tina Hightower - Anne Winslow; Donna Biscoe - Hannah; Yolanda Asher - Kim; Tasha Aver - Linda; Dana L. Backwell - Margie; Bob Banks - Jamie; John Blythe Barrymore; Carl Bates - 4th Plain Clothes Cop; Sarah Bork - Clarice Greenway; Gary Bullock - Joey; Diane Butler - Kelly Andrews; Charles Cheek - 5th Plain Clothes Cop; Hurley Daughtery - 1st Police Officer; Jodi G. DuFresne - Receptionist; Ronnie Free - Jazz Quartet Member; John Hambrick - Man in Trailer; Bob Hannah - Det. Taylor; Jim Harley - Chief Ellis; Scott Kerr - Mikey; Scott Leftridge - 1st Bar Fight Man; James Mayberry - Dennis; Jonjo Mayo - 2nd Bar Fight Man; Jimmy Meyers - 2nd Plain Clothes Cop; Leah Morgan - Woman; Dennis Norton - 3rd Police Officer; Adrian Roberts - Officer Riggs; Katheleen Rodgers - Zenia; Tom Rowan - 2nd Police Officer; Roe Sabordo - Tamika; Sonny Shroyer - 1st Plain Clothes Cop; Danielle Shuman - Dana-Age 6; David Shuman - Lou Jay Greenway; Lonnie R. Smith, Jr. - Man in Hotel Bar; Peter Stanilia - Patrick; Sergeant Johnson Taylor - Wilmer; Linda Thompson - Susan; Ben Tucker - Jazz Quartet Member; Taylor Vickers - Hooker; Rebecca Wackler - Cecillia; Joani Yarbrough - Waitress; L. Warren Young - 3rd Plain Clothes Cop; Pat Golden; Joe Jones - Jazz Quartet Member; John McCabe; Allison Caine; Jill Jane Clements - Lizbeth
Credit
John E. "Jack" Marty - Art Director, Janet Grillo - Associate Producer, Pat Golden - Casting, John McCabe - Casting, Irene Albright - Costume Designer, Keith G. Lewis - Costume Designer, Lizzie Borden - Director, Nicholas C. Smith - Editor, Mike Jackson - Editor, Forrest Murray - Executive Producer, Graeme Revell - Composer (Music Score), Roger Mason - Composer (Music Score), Armin Ganz - Production Designer, Mike Dempsey - Production Designer, Victoria Westhead - Production Designer, Jack N. Green - Cinematographer, Phedon Papamichael - Cinematographer, Lizzie Borden - Producer, Rudy Langlais - Producer, Lonnie R. Smith, Jr. - Stunts, Laurie Frank - Screenwriter, Allan Moyle - Screenwriter
