Movies:
A Dangerous Woman
- Rating:
- Genre: Drama
- Movie Type: Psychological Drama
- Themes: Self-Destructive Romance
- Director: Stephen Gyllenhaal
- Main Cast: Debra Winger, Barbara Hershey, Gabriel Byrne, David Strathairn, Chloe Webb
- Release Year: 1993
- Country: US
- Run Time: 99 minutes
- MPAA Rating: R
Plot
Debra Winger's performance as a slow, mentally disturbed woman in A Dangerous Woman, raises the film far above its conventional, violence-ridden plot. Winger plays Martha, a quiet, lonely woman who has adjusted to a life without a man as she toils away at her small job at a dry cleaners in a small town. She lives in the guest cottage of the home of relative Frances (Barbara Hershey). Frances is a single woman who takes up with a variety of men as a cover for her loneliness and insecurity. When Anita (Laurie Metcalf) barrels her car into Frances' porch (thinking, correctly, that her husband is inside Frances' house), alcoholic handyman Mackey (Gabriel Byrne) appears on the scene and offers to fix Frances' porch. As Mackey works on the porch, Mackey becomes involved with both Frances and Martha. Into this melodramatic brew is added Getso (David Strathairn), a petty crook who works with Martha at the dry cleaners. When the four principles interact with each other, the disturbing results include an unwanted pregnancy, a murder, and some unsparing violence. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie GuideCast
- Debra Winger - Martha Horgan
- Barbara Hershey - Frances
- Gabriel Byrne - Mackey
- David Strathairn - Getso
- Chloe Webb - Birdie
John Terry - Steve Bell; Jan Hooks - Make-up Girl; Paul Dooley - Tupperware Salesman; Viveka Davis - Mercy; Richard Riehle - John; Laurie Metcalf - Anita; Brad Blaisdell - Wesley; Breon Gorman - Heidi; Jake Gyllenhaal - Edward; Maggie Gyllenhaal - Patsy; Brandis Kemp - Female Caterer; Heather Locklear; Jack Riley - Bandleader; Anna Mathias - Singer; Rebeca Arthur - Checker; Warren Munson - Gately; Cathy Sandrich; Amanda Mackey-Johnson
