''A Gun for Jennifer'' is a 1997

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directed by Todd Morris and starring

Deborah Twiss Deborah Twiss (born December 22, 1971) is an American actress, screenwriter, film director and producer. In the 2000s she became well-known with roles in films and television shows such as '' Kick-Ass'', ''Gravity'', '' Law & Order: Special Vic ...

. It follows a

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vigilante group who castrate suspected rapists and batterers while a female police officer attempts to stop them. It is shot in a retro

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style and premiered at the

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in July 1997, where it was sold-out an hour before screening and received a standing ovation. The film has not left the festival circuit; ''

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'' reported that it had been picked up for distribution by Mondo Macabro, but the release never came to fruition. The movie was covered in the documentary ''In the Belly of the Beast'', which detailed Morris and Twiss's discovery that their financier (whom Twiss had met while working as an exotic dancer) had been embezzling money.

Cast

as Jennifer / Allison *Benja Kay as Dt. Billie Perez *Rene Alberta as Becky *Tracy Dillon as Grace *Freida Hoops as Jesse *Veronica Cruz as Priscilla *Sheila Schmidt as Trish *Beth Dodye Bass as Annie *Joe Pallister as Grady (as Joseph Pallister) *Arthur J. Nascarella as Lt. Rizzo (as Arthur Nascarella) *Carl Jasper as Carl Varna *James O'Donoghue as Det. Cahill *Douglas Gorenstein as Snake *Raymond Chan as Skeletor *Lord Kayson as T-Bone *Fatmir Haskaj as Josh

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* * * 1997 films 1997 thriller films American erotic thriller films American rape and revenge films American independent films 1990s feminist films 1990s exploitation films 1997 independent films 1990s English-language films 1990s American films {{exploitation-film-stub