The Feminine Touch (1995 film)

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The Feminine Touch (1995)
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Directed by Conrad Janis
Written byMaria Grimm
Produced byDan Beder
Tim Cooney
Maria Grimm
Woodrow B. Hood
John Michaels
Starring Paige Turco
Dirk Benedict
George Segal
Elliott Gould
Conrad Janis
Bo Hopkins
CinematographyMonty Rowan
Edited byJohn Orland
Music byTony Humecke
Distributed by Orion Pictures
Release date
  • 1995 (1995)
Running time
94 minutes
Country United States
Languages English
French
Spanish

The Feminine Touch (also called The November Conspiracy) is a 1995 direct-to-video thriller film directed by Conrad Janis. It stars Paige Turco as Jennifer Barron, a woman who is targeted after her boyfriend is assassinated leaving secret documents in her possession. [1]

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Plot

Jenny Baron (Paige Turco) is a beautiful investigative reporter swept into a deadly conspiracy that reaches to the highest levels of the government. When she is assigned to get the story of charismatic Presidential candidate Senator Ashton (George Segal), her job is complicated by a string of political assassinations and attempts. After her lover (Dirk Benedict) is killed, things get personal. Jenny finds herself in possession of a computer disk that holds a list of powerful politicians marked for elimination, and the key to the massive web of death and deceit —— and now she's next on the list of targets! Pursued by hitmen and hunted by police, if she survives, she may discover a truth she's not prepared to accept.

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Release

The film has only been released in VHS format as of February 4, 2012.

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References

  1. The Feminine Touch. IMDb. Accessed on February 3, 2012.