Love Is a Gun

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Love Is a Gun
Directed byDavid Hartwell
Written byDavid Hartwell
Starring Eric Roberts, Kelly Preston
Production
company
Release date
  • 1 June 1994 (1994-06-01) [1]
Running time
92 min
CountryUnited States
Language English

Love Is a Gun is a 1994 straight-to-video erotic thriller [2] film directed and written by David Hartwell and starring Eric Roberts and Kelly Preston. [3] [4]

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Plot

Jack Hart (Roberts), a novice LAPD crime-scene-photographer, is experiencing marital problems when he discovers a poster of an enigmatic woman. After attempting to enter a photo contest at the Forensics Department, he tracks down the model, a photographer in her own right, Jean Starr (Preston). Hart becomes infatuated with Starr, and the two enter an affair, much to the dismay of their respective spouses. Starr proves to be manipulative and vengeful and begins stalking Hart and his wife after he attempts to end their relationship. [2] Starr ends up dead, with Hart as an obvious suspect. [1] [4] [5]

Cast

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