A small-time reporter tries to convince the police she saw a murder in the apartment across from hers.
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Title: Sisters (1972)
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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Margot Kidder | ... | Danielle Breton / Dominique Blanchion | |
| Jennifer Salt | ... | Grace Collier | |
| Charles Durning | ... | Joseph Larch | |
| William Finley | ... | Emil Breton (as Bill Finley) | |
| Lisle Wilson | ... | Phillip Woode | |
| Barnard Hughes | ... | Arthur McLennen | |
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Mary Davenport | ... | Mrs. Peyson Collier |
| Dolph Sweet | ... | Detective Kelly | |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
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Bobby Collins | ... | (as Bobby C. Collins) |
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The Staten Island apartment of lovely model Danielle becomes the scene of a grisly murder that is witnessed by her neighbor, Grace, a reporter. But the police don't believe her story, so it's up to Grace to solve the murder mystery on her own. Written by alarmanwp
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The rare slasher movie where the killer is a female and all the victims are men. This can be scene as the mirror-opposite of another similar Hitchcockian thriller which came later in Depalma's career: Dressed to Kill. See more »Goofs
After Grace and the police have exited the apartment building, her mother comes out of the front door and during the following conversation suggests that Grace should change clothes. Grace then walks back into the building to do this, even if she lives across the street. See more »Quotes
Crazy Woman: Did you know that the germs can come through the wires? I never call and I *never* answer. It's a good way to get sick. Very, very sick... That's how I got so sick! SOMEONE CALLED ME ON THE TELEPHONE!See more »
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For the original 1973 UK cinema release cuts were made by the BBFC to edit the violent stabbing of Phillip Woode. All later releases were fully uncut. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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26 March 1973 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Brian De Palma is often unfairly dismissed as "that guy that rips off Hitchcock", a statement that overlooks the variety of his output. Of his twenty-odd full length movies only a handful have been thrillers, in fact before 'Sisters' he was best know as a maker of quirky comedies like 'Greetings' and 'Get To Know Your Rabbit'. 'Sisters' was De Palma's first foray into Hitchcock territory, and I think his subsequent stereotyping shows just how impressive he was in this genre. He has made several more famous and successful movies subsequent to this one, but it still remains one of his most entertaining works. Margot Kidder, a few years prior to her fame as Lois Lane, is brilliant as troubled separated siamese twins with a secret. Jennifer Salt ('Midnight Cowboy') plays a spunky newspaper columnist who believes she has witnessed one of the twins commit a murder (a deliberate nod to 'Rear Window'). She cannot get the police to believe her and begins to do her own investigations, helped by a small time private eye Larch (Charles Durning - 'Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?'). She finds out that there is a lot more to the sisters' than meets the eye, and vows to find out what is really going on. Kidder is of course the star of the movie, but equally memorable is De Palma regular William Finley ('The Phantom Of The Paradise', 'Eaten Alive') in a wonderfully creepy performance as one of twins ex-husband. Kidder and Finley and De Palma's assured direction, which includes a brilliant murder sequence and cool use of split screen in another, make this a thriller that won't easily be forgotten. Highly recommended.