Die Waffen der Frauen

Though Tess is unquestionably the sole lead character, actress Melanie Griffith is billed third in the credits, after Harrison Ford and Sigourney Weaver who have supporting roles in the movie. Griffith had received critical acclaim for earlier performances in Der Tod kommt zweimal (1984) and Gefährliche Freundin (1986), but those films barely made a dent at the box office and she was still largely unknown when Die Waffen der Frauen (1988) was made in 1988. 20th Century Fox wanted a big name actress to play Tess, but Mike Nichols pushed for Griffith until the studio ultimately gave in.

Katharine tells Tess the combination to her house alarm is 75432000, but when Tess turns the alarm off before entering the house, she presses only six buttons.

Edited into Die Linda McCartney Story (2000)