| Genre: | Action Thriller Crime |
| Director: | Robert Michael Lewis |
| Starring: | Marilu Henner Susan Blakely Thomas Calabro Lesley-Anne Down |
| Theme Music Composer: | Mark Snow |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Executive Producer: | Barry J. Weitz |
| Producer: | Andrew Hill |
| Location: | Los Angeles |
| Editor: | J. P. Farrell |
| Cinematography: | Thomas Del Ruth |
| Runtime: | 96 min. |
| Company: | ABC Circle Films Barry Weitz Films |
| Network: | ABC |
Ladykillers is a 1988 television film, directed by Robert Michael Lewis, and starring Lesley-Anne Down, Marilu Henner, Susan Blakely, and Keith David as Abe. The film score was composed by Mark Snow.
The plot of this film is unconnected with The Ladykillers (1955) or the 2004 remake of the same name.
The plot has a male sexualization theme. Performers in a Los Angeles male strip club are being murdered by an unknown female assailant. There are multiple suspects: Morganna King, the owner of the club; Lilah Corbett, the club's promoter; and the head stripper, who has mysteriously disappeared after being fired.
Unable to gain a lead, investigating officer Lt. Cavanaugh goes undercover as a stripper in an attempt to trap the murderer, eventually starring in the titular "Ladykillers" show, but he is almost killed in the process.
The film received poor reviews. The Los Angeles Times deemed Ladykillers "inept," writing that the script was simply "an excuse for a male flesh parade."[1] The New York Times called the film "leering" and "prurient."[2]