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1974 American suspense film directed by Richard Quine

W

Directed by	Richard Quine
Written by	Gerald Di Pego James Kelley
Story by	James Kelley Ronald Shusett
Produced by	Mel Ferrer
Starring	Twiggy Dirk Benedict Michael Witney Eugene Roche John Vernon Michael Conrad
Cinematography	Gerald Hirschfeld
Edited by	Gene Milford
Music by	Johnny Mandel
Production company	Bing Crosby Productions
Distributed by	Cinerama Releasing Corporation
Release date	June 27, 1974 (1974-06-27)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

W (also titled I Want Her Dead and W Is the Mark of Death) is a 1974 American psychological thriller film directed by Richard Quine and starring Twiggy, Dirk Benedict and Michael Witney. It was produced by Mel Ferrer.

Plot

Within 24 hours, three near-fatal accidents have occurred. At the scene of each, the letter "W" is scrawled over the injured person. Katie Lewis (Twiggy) and her husband Ben (Michael Witney) discover that these accidents are in fact the work of a mysterious killer, and that they are the real targets. While trying to avoid death, the couple must struggle to discover the source of these attacks.

Cast

Twiggy as Katie Lewis
Michael Witney as Ben Lewis
Eugene Roche as Charles Jasper
Dirk Benedict as William Caulder
John Vernon as Arnie Felson
Michael Conrad as Lt. Whitfield
Alfred Ryder as Investigator

Filming

W was filmed at San Pedro Harbor and Trancas Beach, California, from April 30 to mid-June 1973.

References

W (1974) Full Cast & Crew, IMDb

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v t e Films directed by Richard Quine
Leather Gloves (1948) Sunny Side of the Street (1951) Purple Heart Diary (1951) Sound Off (1952) Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder (1952) All Ashore (1953) Siren of Bagdad (1953) Cruisin' Down the River (1953) Drive a Crooked Road (1954) Pushover (1954) So This Is Paris (1954) My Sister Eileen (1955) The Solid Gold Cadillac (1956) Full of Life (1956) Operation Mad Ball (1957) Bell, Book and Candle (1958) It Happened to Jane (1959) Strangers When We Meet (1960) The World of Suzie Wong (1960) The Notorious Landlady (1962) Paris When It Sizzles (1964) Sex and the Single Girl (1964) How to Murder Your Wife (1965) Synanon (1965) Hotel (1967) Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad (1967) A Talent for Loving (1969) The Moonshine War (1970) W (1974) The Prisoner of Zenda (1979)

Films directed by Richard Quine

Leather Gloves (1948)
Sunny Side of the Street (1951)
Purple Heart Diary (1951)
Sound Off (1952)
Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder (1952)
All Ashore (1953)
Siren of Bagdad (1953)
Cruisin' Down the River (1953)
Drive a Crooked Road (1954)
Pushover (1954)
So This Is Paris (1954)
My Sister Eileen (1955)
The Solid Gold Cadillac (1956)
Full of Life (1956)
Operation Mad Ball (1957)
Bell, Book and Candle (1958)
It Happened to Jane (1959)
Strangers When We Meet (1960)
The World of Suzie Wong (1960)
The Notorious Landlady (1962)
Paris When It Sizzles (1964)
Sex and the Single Girl (1964)
How to Murder Your Wife (1965)
Synanon (1965)
Hotel (1967)
Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad (1967)
A Talent for Loving (1969)
The Moonshine War (1970)
W (1974)
The Prisoner of Zenda (1979)

v t e Films by Mel Ferrer
Producer	El Greco (1966) Wait Until Dark (1967) The Night Visitor (1971) Embassy (1972) A Time for Loving (1972) W (1974) One Shoe Makes It Murder (1982)
Director	The Girl of the Limberlost (1945) The Secret Fury (1950) Vendetta (1950) (partial) The Racket (1951) (partial) Macao (1952) (partial) Green Mansions (1959) Cabriola (1965)

v t e Films written by Ronald Shusett
W (1974) Alien (1979) Phobia (1980) Dead & Buried (1981) The Final Terror (1983) King Kong Lives (1986) Above the Law (1988) Total Recall (1990) Freejack (1992) Bleeders (1997) Alien vs. Predator (2004) Total Recall (2012)

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