The Day the Women Got Even

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The Day the Women Got Even

1980

1h 38m

5.5(2 votes)

Comedy

Crime

TV Movie

Overview

Four suburban housewives, with a love for the theater, set out to foil an unscrupulous talent agent who has threatened to blackmail another woman to the point of an attempted suicide.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Jo Ann Pflug

Evelyn Michaels

Georgia Engel

Kathy Scott

Tina Louise

Mary Jo Alfieri

Barbara Rhoades

Dee Dee Fields

Julie Hagerty

Lisa Harris

Rick Aviles

Pancho Diaz

Gerald Gordon

Marder

Vincent Cobb

Mark Fields

Andrew Duncan

Dr. Bill Scott

Tom Keenan

Tony Alfieri

Creative team

Directed by: Burt Brinckerhoff
Written by: Jud Scott
Gloria Gonzalez
Produced by: Otto Salamon

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