Synopsis
Young and good looking Katya, a window dresser for a big department store in Pittsburgh, begins a love story with a journalist, Mac Odell. She is however stalked by Jack, a married man who has a fixation with her.
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Cast
- Diane LaneKatya Yarno
- Michael WoodsJack Price
- Cotter SmithMac Odell
- Tyra FerrellNan
- Peter NevargicLionel
- Edward PennMr. Thayer
- Chelsea BenedictChelsea Price
- Don BrockettLocksmith
- David CrawfordKatya's Father
- Maria BarneyFemale Patient
Recommendations
- 60
TV Guide Magazine
Director Arthur, who struggled for eight years to get this film funded, claimed that her right to final cut was revoked by the producers and that they trashed her version and released what she describes as a more exploitative cut. - 40
Washington Post
There is a televisiony smallness in its focus -- and while director Karen Arthur treats her story seriously, she has only a rudimentary feel for the medium and fails to bring the suspense elements to a boil. - 30
The New York Times
A denouement as clunky as the title. - 0
Los Angeles Times
The aspirations behind Lady Beware -- a tale of psychological and physical molestation -- are unquestionably earnest, heartfelt and serious. At the same time, what's presented on screen is as vile and tasteless as everything the film makers purport to disdain. [22 Sept 1987, p.6]
