Tomcats (1977 film)

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Tomcats
Directed byHarry E. Kerwin
Written by Wayne Crawford
Andrew Lane
Produced byWayne Crawford
Andrew Lane
Starring Chris Mulkey
Polly King
Wayne Crawford
William Kerwin
CinematographyWilliam Randall
Music byR.O. DeCordre
Distributed by Dimension Pictures
Release date
April 1977
Running time
83 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Tomcats is a 1977 American film directed by Harry E. Kerwin and starring Chris Mulkey, Polly King, Wayne Crawford, and William Kerwin. It was also known as Deadbeat, Getting Even and Avenged. [1]

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Filmed and set in Miami, Florida, the film details the actions of four amoral and degenerate thugs, named M.J., Johnny, Billy, and Curly, who travel around robbing, gang-raping and murdering young women. When they are arrested but get away with their crimes on a legal technicality, the older brother of one of their victims, a law student named Cullen Garrett, decides to take the law into his own hands by stalking and killing the four thugs one by one.

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  1. Getting Even at Temple of Schlock