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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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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| Anthony Perkins | ... | ||
| 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
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]