Derek Malcolm introduces a double bill of two social dramas examining violence in American society.
starring
Karen Young Clayton Day
Kathleen, a 20-year-old teacher, leaves her
Boston home for a job in Dallas, where she encounters Larry, a gun-collecting young lawyer.
After his amorous intentions are frustrated, Larry invites her to a special dinner and, when an attempted seduction fails, rapes her at gun-point. With the law and the church unable to resolve her fury and shame, Kathleen resorts to the force of the gun herself. This tense drama was the first American film made by British producer
Tony Garnett , famous for Cathy
Come Home and Kes, using a semi-documentary approach to highlight a woman's fears and the free use of arms in America.
Written, produced and directed by TONY GARNETT
(First showing on British television) and at