Up Against Amanda
Released: September 15, 2000Runtime: 102 min
After childhood abuse by her step-father and eight years in a juvenile psychiatric lockup, Amanda Lear is released. Her shrink is also her lover, who surreptitiously pays her rent on a nice house for a year. She moves in, takes one look at her neighbor Richard, and dispatches her doctor. To cover her tracks and to begin her seduction, she gets Richard's help with a security system. Soon she's bugging his calls and spying on him with hidden cameras, taking advantage of a rift between Richard and his wife who's in Nashville cutting a record. Amanda will stop at nothing to get Richard's exclusive attention. Will this good neighbor wise up before the hot tub overheats?
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Justine Priestley
as Amanda Lear
David Dewitt
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Karen Grosso
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Chuck Williams
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John Alan Richards
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Daniel Roebuck
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Willard E Pugh
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Skippy Mcgriff
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Reggie Bannister
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William L Edwards
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