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A Dangerous Woman is a 1993 American romantic drama film directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal. The screenplay was written by his wife Naomi Foner , loosely based on the award-winning novel of the same name by Mary McGarry Morris .
Martha Horgan, a naive woman with an intellectual impairment who lives with her aunt Frances in a small town, is known for always telling the truth. She works at a dry cleaner, where her compulsive truth-telling leads her to report to the boss that another employee has been stealing from the cash register.
Three time Oscar-nominee, Debra Winger, plays Martha (nominated for a Golden Globe in this role) as a quiet, lonely woman who has adjusted to a life without a man as she toils away at her small...
Dec 3, 1993 · Debra Winger gives a chilling, award-worthy performance in this haunting drama of a woman nobody notices until it’s too late. Martha (Winger) is an awkward, emotionally fragile woman who lives a quiet life in the guesthouse next to her Aunt Frances (Barbara Hershey).
Watchlist. Page 1 of 2, 6 total items. Page 1 of 6, 11 total items. Martha Horgan (Debra Winger) is a withdrawn, mentally disabled woman who lives with her aunt, Frances...
An ungainly young woman, a social outcast who lives with her widowed aunt on a ranch, becomes sexually involved with an itinerant handyman. When he, in due course, becomes involved with her sexier, worldlier aunt, she responds violently.
Dec 3, 1993 · A Dangerous Woman. Roger Ebert December 03, 1993. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. Observe the way Debra Winger plays her character in "A Dangerous Woman," and you will learn something about the alchemy of acting.
