Stanley, but Jennifer plunges the axe into Andy's back, killing him. Stanley moves towards the boat and grabs hold of the motor to climb aboard, begging Jennifer not to kill him. She repeats the order he made to her during the sexual assaults, "Suck it, bitch!", then starts the motor, disemboweling him with the propeller as she speeds away. Cast Camille Keaton as Jennifer Hills Eron Tabor as Johnny Stillman Richard Pace as Matthew Duncan Anthony Nichols as Stanley Woods Gunter Kleemann as Andy Chirensky Alexis Magnotti as Becky Stillman, Johnny's Wife Tammy Zarchi as Melissa Stillman, Johnny's Daughter Terry Zarchi as Johnny Stillman Jr., Johnny's Son Traci Ferrante as Waitress William Tasgal as Porter Isaac Agami as Butcher Ronit Haviv as Supermarket Girl Production Writing The inspiration for I Spit on Your Grave came from an encounter writer-director Meir Zarchi had in 1974 with a young woman who was raped and beaten by two men at a park in New York City. The idea did not begin to fully develop until Yuri Haviv, the film's cinematographer, invited Zarchi to spend the weekend at a summer house he had rented in Kent, Connecticut which contains an extension of the Housatonic River nearby. Zarchi eventually chose to shoot in these locations because they provided a tranquil atmosphere for the film's antiheroine, Jennifer Hills. He spent four months writing the screenplay, the bulk of which was written at his usual Subway route to his office in Times Square and back home where his wife would then typewrite the handwritten pages in the evening. The typewriter his wife had used is seen in the film as the same one Jennifer uses to complete her manuscript. Casting To cast the stars, Zarchi put up a casting call advertisement in Backstage magazine that sought one woman and four men in their 20s to star in a low-budget production. Camille Keaton was one of over 4,000 actresses who auditioned for the role of Jennifer. Zarchi set up an interview for Keaton and found her to be an "experienced actress" as well as "beautiful and photogenic". After a series of auditions to test Keaton's suitability for the role, Zarchi was convinced that she could play it effectively. Release Zarchi was unable to find a distributor, so he distributed the film himself. Day of the Woman played a number of engagements in rural drive-in theaters, but only for