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What's a Nice Girl Like You...?

  • TV Movie
  • 1971
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
81
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What's a Nice Girl Like You...? (1971)
ComedyCrimeDrama

A working girl who is a dead ringer for a wealthy socialite is kidnapped by extortionists and forced to impersonate her.A working girl who is a dead ringer for a wealthy socialite is kidnapped by extortionists and forced to impersonate her.A working girl who is a dead ringer for a wealthy socialite is kidnapped by extortionists and forced to impersonate her.

  • Director
    • Jerry Paris
  • Writer
    • Howard Fast
  • Stars
    • Brenda Vaccaro
    • Jack Warden
    • Roddy McDowall
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.5/10
    81
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Jerry Paris
    • Writer
      • Howard Fast
    • Stars
      • Brenda Vaccaro
      • Jack Warden
      • Roddy McDowall
    • 4User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    Brenda Vaccaro
    Brenda Vaccaro
    • Shirley Campbel
    Jack Warden
    Jack Warden
    • Lieutenant Joe Burton
    Roddy McDowall
    Roddy McDowall
    • Albert Soames
    Jo Anne Worley
    Jo Anne Worley
    • Cynthia
    Edmond O'Brien
    Edmond O'Brien
    • Morton Stillman
    Vincent Price
    Vincent Price
    • William Spevin
    Arthur Batanides
    Arthur Batanides
    • Flint
    Morgan Sterne
    • Adam Newman
    Michael Lerner
    Michael Lerner
    • Fats Detroit
    Robert Doyle
    • Francis Malone
    Gino Conforti
    Gino Conforti
    • Selzer
    Curt Conway
    Curt Conway
    • Mr. Foley
    Johnny Silver
    Johnny Silver
    • Louis - the Waiter
    Maudie Prickett
    Maudie Prickett
    • Elderly Woman
    Don Diamond
    Don Diamond
    • Duty Sergeant
    Ray Ballard
    • Mr. Morrow
    Barbara Baldavin
    • Nurse
    Arnold F. Turner
    Arnold F. Turner
    • 1st Policeman
    • (as Arnold Turner)
    • Director
      • Jerry Paris
    • Writer
      • Howard Fast
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    3/10
    Comedy or drama, hard to tell and not worth the effort
    1971's "What's a Nice Girl Like You...?" was an ABC TV movie boasting an impressive cast for an ill conceived outline that proves to be neither comedy nor drama, just improbably drawn out and deadly dull. Brenda Vaccaro headlines as Bronx working girl Shirley Campbel, enduring a whirlwind week in which she is kidnapped, threatened at gunpoint, and even yelled at by a myriad bunch of hired goons just because of her resemblance to a wealthy heiress who later is revealed to be deceased. Jack Warden is her unlikely love interest, a put upon police lieutenant concerned about their age gap while putting himself in harm's way. Things should take a turn for the better at the midway mark, with Roddy McDowall as would be actor Albert Soames and Vincent Price as extortion mastermind William Spevin, but even their efforts aren't enough to raise one's hopes, let alone those of the old man (Edmond O'Brien) whose promised cash payout to see his long lost daughter once more is the ultimate goal. With so many corpses left in her wake, an over the top Brenda Vaccaro almost singlehandedly sinks this attempt at a starring vehicle in the wake of her recent Oscar nomination for "Midnight Cowboy," a little bit of her goes a long way with those repeated shouts to "drop dead!" It wouldn't be any surprise if this tanked in the ratings, one of the very few instances of Vincent Price doing an actual TV movie rather than another of his numerous guest shots on popular series.
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    • Release date
      • December 18, 1971 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • ¿Por qué tenía que pasarte a ti?
    • Filming locations
      • Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production company
      • Universal Television
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 30 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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