''Mercy'' is a 2000

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directed by Damian Harris and starring

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. The movie was based on a novel written by David L. Lindsey.

Plot

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Cathy Palmer (

) is on the trail of an elusive

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. During her investigation she meets Vickie Kittrie (

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), who belongs to an exclusive club of women who engage in secret sessions of

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and S&M. Matters become even more complicated when Palmer finds herself attracted to Kittrie, leading to a brief

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encounter. Palmer soon learns that each victim belonged to this club of prominent, sexually experimental women. In order to catch the killer, Catherine must trust Vickie to guide her through the dangerous and illicit underground. One of the strange things that happens in this movie is when Mary (Karen Young, from "Jaws the Revenge" and "The Sopranos") ties down her doctor (Julian Sands) after he dresses up like her mother. He tells her to act out her aggression by pretending he's her mother. She bites his nearly nude body in several places and takes out a knife.

Cast

as Detective Cathy Palmer *

Wendy Crewson Wendy Jane Crewson (born May 9, 1956) is a Canadian actress and producer. She began her career appearing on Canadian television, before her breakthrough role in 1991 dramatic film '' The Doctor''. Crewson has appeared in many Hollywood films, inc ...

as Bernadine Mello *

as Vickie Kittrie * Karen Young as Mary * Danielle Marie Straus as Young Mary *

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as Dr. Dominick Broussard *

Stephen Baldwin Stephen Andrew Baldwin (born May 12, 1966) is an American actor, producer and director. He has appeared in the films '' Born on the Fourth of July'' (1989), '' Posse'' (1993), '' 8 Seconds'' (1994), ''Threesome'' (1994), ''The Usual Suspects'' ...

as The Mechanic *

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as Lieutenant Fritch *

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as Gil Reynolds * Bill MacDonald as Detective John Beck * Stewart Bick as Detective Cushing * Ellen-Ray Hennessy as Murial Farr * Lara Daans as Dorothy Samenov * Claire Burton as Sandra Moser *

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as Detective Leeland *

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as Wendell * Zehra Leverman as Terry Ross * Linda V. Carter as Helena *

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as Jane * Kevin Rushton as Clyde Barbish * Dorothy Bennie as Miss Dawes *

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as Mr. Kittrie * Jacqueline McLeod as Mrs. Kittrie *

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as Vicki's Sister

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