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Pretty Poison (1968)
Runtime: 89 mins
Synopsis: Under-appreciated upon its release in 1968, PRETTY POISON, based on Stephen Geller's novel SHE LET HIM CONTINUE, is a black comedy thriller that uses the talents of its stars to the utmost effect. Kittenish seductress Tuesday Weld plays Sue Ann, an apple-pie high schooler who is lured from... Under-appreciated upon its release in 1968, PRETTY POISON, based on Stephen Geller's novel SHE LET HIM CONTINUE, is a black comedy thriller that uses the talents of its stars to the utmost effect. Kittenish seductress Tuesday Weld plays Sue Ann, an apple-pie high schooler who is lured from her regular life by recently released mental patient Dennis Pitt (PHYCHO's Anthony Perkins). He tells the girl he is a C.I.A. agent and invites her to join him, a fantasy which she is all too happy to buy, and they take off together in now-classic style, making sure to kill her mother first. The film maintains uncertainty about who is manipulating whom, with jet-black humor played to subtle perfection by the two excellent leads. [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Anthony Perkins, Tuesday Weld, Beverly Garland
DVD Info
Release:
May 9, 2006
DVD Features:
- Keep Case
- Widescreen - 1.85
Audio:
- Stereo - English
- Mono - English, Spanish
- Subtitles - Spanish - Optional
News
This cult item features Tuesday Weld in her best known role, as seemingly innocent highschool senior who's actually a cool nymphet killer pinning all mischief on her boyfriend--Anthony Perkins and Weld are a movie pair made in Heaven.
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