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Pretty Poison (1968) 7.2
When a mentally disturbed young man tells a pretty girl that he's a secret agent, she believes him, and murder and mayhem ensue. Director:Noel Black |
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Title: Pretty Poison (1968)
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Cast
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| Tuesday Weld | ... |
Sue Ann Stepanek
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| Beverly Garland | ... |
Mrs. Stepanek
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| John Randolph | ... |
Morton Azenauer
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| Dick O'Neill | ... |
Bud Munsch
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Clarice Blackburn | ... |
Mrs. Bronson
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Joseph Bova | ... |
Pete
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| Ken Kercheval | ... |
Harry Jackson
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Don Fellows | ... |
Detective
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George Ryan | ... |
Drillmaster & Team
(as George Ryan's Winslow High-Steppers)
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A formerly institutionalized young man (Anthony Perkins) meets up with a cute, sexy high school cheerleader (Tuesday Weld) and pretends to be a CIA agent to get her interested in him while she responds to his fantasy all too willingly. This, combined with her adult craving for sensual excitement, adds up to a potentially explosive pairing indeed. And explode it does. Written by filmfactsman
Plot Keywords:
high school | murder | drill team | social commentary | juvenile delinquent |Taglines:
...Wait till you see what they did to his aunt - the night watchman - to her mother. See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
19 July 1968 (West Germany) See more »Also Known As:
She Let Him Continue See more »Box Office
Budget:
$1,800,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)Color:
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1.85 : 1
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Sue Ann Stepanek: Well, how do you know until you check him out?
Dennis Pitt: Okay, we'll get his picture. It has to be a profile, though.
Sue Ann Stepanek: A profile? Why?
Dennis Pitt: Because of the ears. They never change. Many a man has been unmasked because of the ears, even after extensive plastic surgery.
Sue Ann Stepanek: Well, I didn't know that.
Dennis Pitt: Luckily for us, not many people do.
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'Anthony Perkins' was so convincing in his role as the mentally disturbed Dennis Pitt as he had been in as Norman Bates in Psycho that it typecast him for the rest of his career. See more »Quotes
Dennis Pitt: I'll tell you frankly, Sue Ann, this man does not visit your mother for any subversive reasons.Sue Ann Stepanek: Well, how do you know until you check him out?
Dennis Pitt: Okay, we'll get his picture. It has to be a profile, though.
Sue Ann Stepanek: A profile? Why?
Dennis Pitt: Because of the ears. They never change. Many a man has been unmasked because of the ears, even after extensive plastic surgery.
Sue Ann Stepanek: Well, I didn't know that.
Dennis Pitt: Luckily for us, not many people do.
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I just finished watching Pretty Poison, and it is a great movie worthy of recognition. I don't know why or how this movie has been somewhat obscured, I guess it wasn't so popular back in those days and it ruined it for other generations.
I'm glad I found this on the movie channel, great performances by Anthony Perkins, really impressive and not exaggerated, which is what a lot of times makes people see as good acting, but this is not the case here, a deep performance is what Mr. Perkins gives us, really laid back and neutral, Kind of the characters he played through his career (Josef K on Welles adaptation of Kafka's "The Process", and his Classic Norman Bates on Psycho) and a great Tuesday Weld as the strange and evolving character Sue Ann Stepanek.
It is so sad that movies like this get lost. A great Screenplay (Best Screenplay Award given by the New York Film Critics Circle Awards) and great acting should make a successful movie, I don't know what happened here.
[8.5/10]