''Dance with Death'' is an American film starring

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and

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. It is a reworking of '' Stripped to Kill'', a previous film from 1987 produced by

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studio. It is notable for featuring an early acting role for

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Plot

Kelly is a reporter for a Los Angeles newspaper who finds out that strippers at a club called Bottoms Up are getting brutally murdered. With the prodding of her Hopper, her editor and ex-boyfriend, she goes undercover by winning an amateur night contest to get a job at the club. Once embedded, Kelly gets to know the other employees, particularly the snide owner Art, the hapless DJ Dermot, and mercurial dancer Jodie. She also discovers a regular patron, Shaughnessy, is an undercover detective investigating the murders. He soon discovers her true identity as a reporter, and they team up to investigate. As she continues working at the club, she is made aware of several suspects in the murders: Henry, a shy regular who is fixated on lingerie, Art, who has a connection to one of the dead women, and even Hopper, whom she learns covered a string of similar stripper murders in Atlanta and was interrogated by police. As they share their information, Kelly and Shaughnessy become infatuated with each other. After one night spent together, Kelly looks in on Jodie, who had not reported to work the previous evening, and discovers her murdered. Shaughnessy follows Henry to a park he regularly visits, and after confronting him, causes him to be shot dead by backup police. That night at the club, after a performance, Kelly hears noises from Art's office, and discovers him dead; Hopper seizes her, insisting he killed Art by accident, in a dispute over blackmail involving him and another of the club dancers. She escapes him, and Shaughnessy intercepts her and shoots Hopper dead. She is relieved at first, but as he holds her, she notices the stone from his ring is missing, and remembers that she found a stone in Jodie's hand; she realizes Shaughnessy is the murderer. She tries to escape him, but is followed by him into a next door warehouse. After repeated attempts to kill him which he recovers from, she finally sets a trap with gasoline and sets him on fire. Sometime later at the newspaper office, Kelly begins typing her story on the murders, called "Dance with Death."

Cast

as Shaughnessy *

as Kelly *

Martin Mull Martin Eugene Mull (born August 18, 1943) is an American actor, comedian and musician who has appeared in many television and film roles. He is also a painter and recording artist. As an actor, he first became known in his role on '' Mary Hartman ...

as Art *

Catya Sassoon Catya "Cat" Sassoon (September 3, 1968 – January 1, 2002) was an American actress, singer and model. She was the eldest daughter of Vidal Sassoon and Beverly Adams. Early life The eldest of four children, Sassoon was born at the Kli ...

as Jodie * Tracey Burch as Whitney * Jill Pierce as Lola * Alretha Baker as Sunny * Michael McDonald as Henry * Drew Snyder as Hopper *

as Millie *

Maria Ford Maria Ford (born 1966) is an American film and television actress, model and dancer. Known for her " scream queen" performances in low-budget films of the 1990s, she is one of the main subjects of the 1998 documentary ''Some Nudity Required''.Ri ...

as Stripper (uncredited)

Production

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wrote the original story for the 1987 with her husband. She later recalled:

I just didn't get paid for it. It was weird. Basically my script from '' Stripped to Kill'' was re-worked and re-used by Roger Corman and a very bad movie was the result of that. That’s my opinion and I just don’t think that film was well done. I don’t like that Roger Corman does that. I love Roger, but I just didn’t like that."Director Katt Shea talks about her 1980's Roger Corman produced films" ''TV Store Online'' 3 Feb 2015
accessed 21 April 2015

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* * 1990s serial killer films American erotic thriller films 1990s erotic thriller films Films with screenplays by Daryl Haney Films about journalists 1990s English-language films Films directed by Charles Philip Moore {{1990s-thriller-film-stub