When a mentally-disturbed young man tells a pretty girl that he's a secret agent, she believes him; murder and mayhem ensue.When a mentally-disturbed young man tells a pretty girl that he's a secret agent, she believes him; murder and mayhem ensue.When a mentally-disturbed young man tells a pretty girl that he's a secret agent, she believes him; murder and mayhem ensue.
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination
Timothy Callahan
- Plainclothes Cop
- (uncredited)
Parker Fennelly
- Sam Joyals
- (uncredited)
William Fort
- Cop
- (uncredited)
Tom Gorman
- First Detective
- (uncredited)
Paul Larson
- Mrs. Stepanek's Boyfriend
- (uncredited)
Dan Morgan
- Man at Police Station
- (uncredited)
Maurice Ottinger
- Highway Policeman
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaWhen listing what has happened to him since meeting Sue Ann on Monday, Dennis says, "Wednesday, I was unfaithful", a remark he immediately dismisses as a fantasy by saying "that was in another country" - a reference to famous lines in Christopher Marlowe's play, "The Jew Of Malta" ("But that was in another country/ And besides, the wench is dead"). However, Lorenzo Semple Jr.'s screenplay did originally contain a sequence in which Dennis is seduced by his much older landlady Mrs Bronson; it was omitted from the film.
- GoofsSue Ann's blue Sunbeam convertible appears in the background in the cemetery scene, but she isn't driving it.
- Quotes
[on sex]
Sue Ann Stepanek: You know, when grown-ups do it, it's kind of dirty. That's because there's no one to punish them.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Cinemacabre TV Trailers (1993)
- SoundtracksThe Thunderer
Music by John Philip Sousa
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A fine, fine movie.
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]
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]
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- Jan 22, 2004
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- She Let Him Continue
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- $1,800,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $166
- Runtime1 hour 29 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1
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