11th Victim

Plot

Jill Kelso (Bess Armstrong) is a Des Moines, Iowa television news anchor, whose younger sister, an aspiring actress, has entered a life of prostitution in Los Angeles. When the sister becomes the eleventh victim of a sex murderer, Kelso conducts her own undercover investigation into Hollywood's night world of commercial sex. Along the way, chemistry develops with a sympathetic cop (Max Gail) who tries to save her from becoming a victim herself.

Cast

• Bess Armstrong as Jill Kelso
• Max Gail as Andrew Spencer
• David Hayward as "Red" Brody
• Harold Gould as Benny Benito
• Pamela Ludwig as Sally Taylor
• Harry Northup as Officer Thorpe
• Eric Burdon as "Spider"
• Annazette Chase as Cathy Cronenberger
• John Hancock as Captain Long
• Dick Miller as Ned, Investigator
• Marilyn Jones as Cindy Lee
• Michael Cavanaugh as Steve Rish
• Alfred Dennis as Ed Little
• Tara Strohmeier as Janie
• Michelle Downey as Amy Black
• Vicki Le Mere as Katy
• William H. Burton as The Suspect
• Ines Pedroza as Wilma Smith

Production

It was the first telemovie for Kaplan after a series of features, the last two of which flopped. "I was told not to do it," he said. "I was told I would never work again in features. But I had to make a living.... In television you are an employee, much more than you are executing your vision. You get there when the script is done and maybe even when several parts are cast, and you get maybe two weeks to cut - so you can’t expect to have the [same] personal influence over what’s going on"

References

References

1. (November 5, 1979). "Picks and Pans Review: 11th Victim".
2. Hillier, Jim. (1992). "The new Hollywood". Continuum.