Pretty Poison Movie Review 1968

You won't need an antidote for this one. Original, absorbing screenplay, top-notch acting, and on target direction combine to raise this low-budget, black comedy above the crowd. Perkins at his eerie best as a burned-out arsonist who cooks up a crazy scheme and enlists the aid of a hot-to-trot high schooler, only to discover too late she has some burning desires of her own. Weld is riveting as the turbulent teen.

Distribution

Mike LeBell's Video, 75 Freemont Pl., Los Angeles, CA 90005, Phone: (213)938-3333, Fax: (213)938-3334, Email: mlvideo@aol.com

Available on VHS
Running time 89 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Psycho-Thriller, Psychotics/Sociopaths, Fires

Cast

Anthony Perkins, Tuesday Weld, Beverly Garland, John Randolph, Dick O'Neill

Director

Noel Black

Producer

20th Century-Fox

Awards

N.Y. Film Critics 1968: Screenplay.