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Extremities

Extremities

When fear made her a victim, she turned fear into a weapon.

19866.11h 29m

Overview

A woman escapes from the man who is about to rape her, but leaves her purse behind. Afraid that her attacker might come after her, she goes to the police, but with no proof of the incident, they can do nothing. In fact, the man does use the information in her bag and comes to her apartment with the intent of rape, but she sprays him in the face with insect repellent, and then holds him captive. She is then faced with deciding whether to go to the police who might not believe her and release him, or to kill him.

Directed by Robert M. Young
Written by William Mastrosimone
Produced by Burt Sugarman
Box Office0Revenue: $13.4M

Top Cast

Farrah Fawcett

Farrah Fawcett

Marjorie

James Russo

James Russo

Joe

Alfre Woodard

Alfre Woodard

Patricia

Diana Scarwid

Diana Scarwid

Terry

Sandy Martin

Sandy Martin

Officer Sudow

Eddie Velez

Eddie Velez

Officer #1

Tom Everett

Tom Everett

Officer #2

Donna Lynn Leavy

Donna Lynn Leavy

Woman on Phone (voice)

Enid Kent

Enid Kent

Mother at Police Station

Michael Hennessy

Michael Hennessy

Pizza Man

Themes & Keywords

harassmentrevengerape attempttorturegrave diggingrape and revengesubmissiondefenseless woman

About Extremities

Extremities is a thriller, drama film released in 1986 exploring themes of harassment, revenge, rape attempt, torture, grave digging, rape and revenge. Directed by Robert M. Young, it stars Farrah Fawcett, James Russo, Alfre Woodard. A woman escapes from the man who is about to rape her, but leaves her purse behind. Afraid that her attacker might come after her, she goes to the police, but with no proof of the incident, they can do nothing. In fact, the man does use the information in her bag and comes to her apartment with the intent of rape, but she sprays him in the face with insect repellent, and then holds him captive. She is then faced with deciding whether to go to the police who might not believe her and release him, or to kill him.

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