Born in 1954, Arliss Howard is an American actor known for his compelling performances in cult cinema. He appears in The Ladies Club (1986), where he navigates the complexities of a secretive group of women, and in Tequila Sunrise (1988), playing a pivotal role in a story of love and betrayal set against the backdrop of the drug trade. With a career that spans decades, Howard's work in these films highlights his ability to embody nuanced characters, making him a notable figure in the world of exploitation and thriller genres.
The Ladies Club
Joan Taylor is a Los Angeles policewoman who gets gang-raped by a trio of burglars in her own house. When the three rapists get caught, go to trial and get away with through a legal technicality, Joan takes up going to women's support meetings. There, she forms an alliance with a resident doctor Constance Lewis, whose daughter was raped and killed by a sex offender, as well as a few other rape victims. Joan takes charge of the group and leads them out to abduct and surgically castrate various men whom have committed rape and got away with it. But each of the ladies personal problems soon get in the way.
