Thriller: A Cruel Picture (1974)

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104 min - Crime | Drama | Thriller - 5 June 1974 (USA)

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A young woman, muted after a sexual assault as a child, is trained to seek violent revenge on those who have wronged her after being kidnapped and forced to work as a prostitute.

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Christina Lindberg	...	Frigga / Madeleine / One Eye
	Heinz Hopf	...	Tony
	Despina Tomazani	...	Lip-stick lesbian
	Per-Axel Arosenius	...	Frigga's Father (as Per Axel Arosenius)
	Solveig Andersson	...	Sally
	Björn Kristiansson
	Marie-Louise Mannervall	...	Woman in village
	Hildur Lindberg	...	Mother's Friend
	Stig Lokrantz
	Olle Nordlander
	Marshall McDough
	Gunnar Palm
	Pamela Pethö-Galantai	...	Young Madeleine
	Lennart Robertsson
	Hans-Eric Stenborg

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Storyline

Frigga lives with her parents on their farm. Unable to speak after being horrifically raped by an elderly man when she was young, her parents spend the majority of their money on speech therapy classes for their daughter in the hope that one day, she will speak again. One day, Frigga misses the bus to get to her speech therapy class. She accepts a ride off a suave looking gentlemen named Tony who pulls up beside her. Once they are in town, he takes her for a meal. Afterwards, he takes Frigga back to what appears to be his bachelor pad. He gives her wine that has probably been drugged, as she passes out after drinking it. The man then takes no time in bringing a crooked doctor in to get her fixed on high class heroin. After announcing to Frigga that she is now dependent on heroin and cannot last more than 48 hours without it, she must work as a prostitute for him. Frigga, obviously not thrilled by this news... Written by the_mushroom_auditorium

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First they took her speech...then her sight...When they were finished she used what was left of her for her own frightening kind of REVENGE! See more »

Genres:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Country:

Sweden

Language:

Swedish

Release Date:

5 June 1974 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Hooker's Revenge See more »

Filming Locations:

Drottningholm, Stockholms län, Sweden See more »

Company Credits

Production Co:

BAV Film, United Producers See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

104 min | UK: 80 min (heavily cut) | USA: 82 min (R-rated version) | Australia: 92 min (R-rated cut)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

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Trivia

In the shooting-up scenes, Christina Lindberg injected salt mixed with water. See more »

Goofs

Revealing mistakes: When the police car runs over a piece of grass between two roads, you can clearly see tire tracks from earlier takes. See more »

Connections

Featured in 42nd Street Forever, Volume 1 (2005) See more »

Thriller: A Cruel Picture (1974)
Thriller - en grym film (original title)

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