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Wehrlos

Originaltitel: Defenseless
  • 1991
  • 16
  • 1 Std. 44 Min.
IMDb-BEWERTUNG
5,5/10
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IHRE BEWERTUNG
Barbara Hershey and Sam Shepard in Wehrlos (1991)
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Ein Anwalt wird beauftragt, eine alte Studienfreundin zu verteidigen, die des Mordes an ihrem Ehemann beschuldigt wird.Ein Anwalt wird beauftragt, eine alte Studienfreundin zu verteidigen, die des Mordes an ihrem Ehemann beschuldigt wird.Ein Anwalt wird beauftragt, eine alte Studienfreundin zu verteidigen, die des Mordes an ihrem Ehemann beschuldigt wird.

  • Regie
    • Martin Campbell
  • Drehbuch
    • James Cresson
    • Jeff Burkhart
  • Hauptbesetzung
    • Barbara Hershey
    • Sam Shepard
    • Mary Beth Hurt
  • Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro
  • IMDb-BEWERTUNG
    5,5/10
    1296
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    • Regie
      • Martin Campbell
    • Drehbuch
      • James Cresson
      • Jeff Burkhart
    • Hauptbesetzung
      • Barbara Hershey
      • Sam Shepard
      • Mary Beth Hurt
    • 11Benutzerrezensionen
    • 7Kritische Rezensionen
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    Barbara Hershey
    Barbara Hershey
    • Thelma 'T.K.' Knudsen Katwuller
    Sam Shepard
    Sam Shepard
    • Det. Beutel
    Mary Beth Hurt
    Mary Beth Hurt
    • Ellie Seldes
    J.T. Walsh
    J.T. Walsh
    • Steven Seldes
    Kellie Overbey
    Kellie Overbey
    • Janna Seldes
    Jay O. Sanders
    Jay O. Sanders
    • Bull Dozer
    John Kapelos
    John Kapelos
    • Jack Hammer
    Sheree North
    Sheree North
    • Mrs. Bodeck
    Randy Brooks
    Randy Brooks
    • Monroe
    Christopher M. Brown
    Christopher M. Brown
    • Dubbing Theatre Employee
    Michael Collins
    • Policeman
    George P. Wilbur
    George P. Wilbur
    • Sherman Bodeck
    Marabina Jaimes
    Marabina Jaimes
    • T.K.'s Receptionist
    John Achorn
    John Achorn
    • Board Member in Law Firm
    Lisa Darr
    Lisa Darr
    • Board Member in Law Firm
    Billy Hayes
    • Board Member in Law Firm
    Glenn Wilson
    • Board Member in Law Firm
    Anne Alexander-Sieder
    Anne Alexander-Sieder
    • Client #1
    • (as Anne Alexander)
    • Regie
      • Martin Campbell
    • Drehbuch
      • James Cresson
      • Jeff Burkhart
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    5rps-2

    Smoke smoke smoke that cigarette...

    This is not a bad little thriller complete with spooky garages and a scary fall down the elevator shaft scene although it's sometimes hard to figure out just who is who. The plot has many murky twists and turns (although I imagine the continuity suffered in being cut for television.) Nor do I understand why our lawyer/lover drives a beat up Karmann-Ghia. But this is obviously one of those films that took handouts from big tobacco. Everybody smokes everywhere. The good guys smoke. The bad guys smoke. The good guys who turn out to be bad guys smoke. The bad guys who turn out to be good guys smoke. The cops smoke. I'm surprised the judge and the jury didn't light up. The whole damn film is one big choking cloud of smelly blue smoke. Because of that I knocked my rating down two points.
    7claudio_carvalho

    One of My Favorite Thrillers from the Early 90's

    The lawyer Thelma "T. K." Knudsen Katwuller (Barbara Hershey) is having a love affair with her client Steven Seldes (J. T. Walsh) that is accused of making under-age porn movies through the Blue Screen Production. When T. K. meets her old college friend Ellie Seldes (Mary Beth Hurt), she finds that she is Steven's wife and Ellie invites T. K. to have dinner with her family at her home. T. K. Decides to break-up with Steven and he asks her to meet him in his office. While waiting for Steven, T. K. finds that he owns the Blue Screen Production and had lied to her. When Steven arrives in the office, T. K. fights with him and stabs him in self- protection. On the next morning, Ellie is arrested is accused of murdering her husband and Ellie hires T. K. to defend her. T. K. Believes that the killer is the violent father of a teenager the made a porn movie produced by Steven, but Detective Beutel (Sam Shepard) feels that something is missing in the case.

    "Defenseless" is one of my favorite thrillers from the early 90's. I have just watched it today on DVD, maybe for the third or fourth time, and I still like this underrated film. The plot has many twists, and Barbara Hershey and Sam Shepard are in the top of their careers. The 27 year-old Kellie Overbey is convincing in the role of an abused teenager. My vote is seven.

    Title (Brazil): "Sem Defesa" ("Defenseless")

    Note: On 08 September 2024, I saw this film again.
    6jared-25331

    Okay movie

    Defenseless (1991) was directed by Martin Campbell and it was okay at best.

    Positives for Defenseless (1991): The performances from the cast with Barbara Hershey, Sam Shepard, J. T. Walsh, Mary Beth Hurt, Sheree North and George P. Wilbur are great. The movie is directed very well by Campbell. The movie's slow-pace works for the story being told. That's all I got to say for the movie's positives.

    Negatives for Defenseless (1991): The movie's story wasn't really that interesting and the execution was very mid. While the pacing is good for the sores being told, it was a little too slow for me. I also felt that the ending was a little anti-climactic.

    Overall, Defenseless (1991) is another okay enough directorial effort by Martin Campbell.
    10whpratt1

    Barbara Hershey & Sam Shepard were Great!

    This films opening scene takes place with a young girl cheerleader entering the mens locker room which turns out to be a porno film being produced. The story gets very complicated with murder and romance and the web of mystery keeps you spellbound through out the entire picture. Barbara Hershey(Thelma T.K. Knudsen),"Lantana",'01, is a lawyer who falls in love with a married man and gets deeply involved with his family and finds out that her best friend is married to him. There is a fight and the ice cubes seem to fly all over the place, besides blood in the mens bathroom which becomes a complete mess. There is even a fight in an elevator shaft and Sam Shepard (Detective Beutel),"Blind Horizon,",'04, comes to Thelma's assistance. Beutel is madly in love with Thelma but suspects her of not telling the truth about what is going on and feels she is becoming a number one suspect. This is a very enjoyable film worth viewing.
    6smatysia

    DVD version of this film has been cut

    Not a bad little thriller. Sure, there are some plot holes. But the production values are decent, nothing to complain about with the direction or photography. The cast did a pretty decent job with mediocre material. I rented the DVD and found that some scenes had been cut. One of the previous commentators mentioned a scene that was not in my version. Plus, there were two brief topless scenes by Kelley Overbey that were not in this version. I like gratuitous nudity as much as the next guy, but these cuts hurt the film. One wasn't totally necessary, but definitely falls into the category of character development. The other scene was major plot exposition, and the film suffered badly for its loss. IMDb doesn't have an age for Miss Overbey, and I wonder if she may not have been eighteen at the time. That's the only reason I can think of for cutting this film into incoherence for the DVD release. Too bad.

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    • Wissenswertes
      Burt Lancaster was announced for a role, but illness prevented him from appearing.
    • Patzer
      At approx 41 min into the film, when Sam Shepard's character is looking up the phone call records from the incident the previous night, the screen clearly says an emergency call was made at 8:45pm. It then cuts to a close up where the time the call was made has changed to 8:48pm.
    • Zitate

      Thelma 'T.K.' Knudsen Katwuller: This was a setup? That's what this was?

    • Alternative Versionen
      DVD from Platinum Disc is heavily censored, removing 14 minutes of footage.
    • Verbindungen
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Dead Again/True Identity/Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man/Defenseless/The Pope Must Die (1991)

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    • Erscheinungsdatum
      • 7. November 1991 (Deutschland)
    • Herkunftsland
      • Vereinigte Staaten
    • Sprache
      • Englisch
    • Auch bekannt als
      • Defenseless
    • Drehorte
      • Los Angeles, Kalifornien, USA
    • Produktionsfirma
      • New Visions Pictures
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    Box Office

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    • Bruttoertrag in den USA und Kanada
      • 6.413.375 $
    • Eröffnungswochenende in den USA und in Kanada
      • 1.590.439 $
      • 25. Aug. 1991
    • Weltweiter Bruttoertrag
      • 6.413.375 $
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      1 Stunde 44 Minuten
    • Farbe
      • Color
    • Sound-Mix
      • Dolby Stereo
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