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{{Infobox film
| name = Deadly Weapons
| image = Deadly weapons poster 01.jpg
| caption = Film poster
| director = [[Doris Wishman]]
| producer = Doris Wishman
| writer = “J.J. Kendall”<br>(Judith Kushner)
| starring = [[Chesty Morgan|Zsa Zsa]] (Chesty Morgan)<br>[[Harry Reems|Harry Reemes]]
| cinematography = Juan Fernández<br>C. Davis Smith
| editing = Lou Burdi
| distributor = Hallmark Releasing
| released = {{Film date|1974|04}}
| runtime = 75 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
}}

'''''Deadly Weapons''''' is a 1974 American [[exploitation film]] directed and produced by [[Doris Wishman]]. It stars [[burlesque]] performer [[Chesty Morgan]] and [[Pornographic film actor|porn star]] [[Harry Reems]].

==Plot==
Crystal is an advertising executive who tracks down the mobsters who killed her boyfriend. One by one, she seduces each man, drugs them, then [[Asphyxia#Smothering|smother]]s them with her huge breasts. At the end, she finds out that her own father was implicated in her lover's death before being fatally shot in the chest by her father and turning her own gun on her father, killing him.

==In popular culture==

A clip from the film is featured in [[John Waters (filmmaker)|John Waters]]'s ''[[Serial Mom]]''. In 1986, Waters told [[David Letterman]] about visiting the [[White House]] at the invitation of the Deputy Advisor of Political Affairs and was delighted to find they shared an appreciation of the film.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/Rn96HXDGbo0 Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20201205040314/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rn96HXDGbo0 Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite AV media| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rn96HXDGbo0| title = John Waters on Letterman, Part 2 of 3: 1983-86 | website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

==Sequel==

''[[Double Agent 73]]'', also directed by Wishman, is an ostensible [[sequel]] to ''Deadly Weapons''.

==Cast==
* [[Chesty Morgan|Zsa Zsa]] as Crystal
* [[Harry Reems|Harry Reemes]] as Tony
* Greg Reynolds as Larry
* Saul Meth as Nick / [[Talent agent]]
* Phillip Stahl as Crystal's father
* Mitchell Fredericks as Captain Hook
* Denise Purcell as Eve
* John McMohon

==Sources==
* {{cite book |last=Thompson|first=Nathaniel|title=DVD Delirium: The International Guide to Weird and Wonderful Films on DVD; Volume 1 Redux|orig-date=2002|year=2006|publisher=FAB Press|location=[[Godalming]], England|isbn=1-903254-39-6|pages=195–196}}

==See also==
* [[List of American films of 1974]]

==References==
{{reflist|1}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0069952}}

{{Doris Wishman}}

[[Category:1974 films]]
[[Category:1974 drama films]]
[[Category:American drama films]]
[[Category:1970s English-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Doris Wishman]]
[[Category:American sexploitation films]]
[[Category:1970s American films]]


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