Pretty Poison

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Pretty Poison is a 1968 darkly comic psychological thriller film best known for its unsettling blend of romance and violence and for featuring Anthony Perkins in a memorable post-Psycho role.

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instanceOf film
novel
author Stephen Geller
basedOn She Let Him Continue
cinematography David L. Quaid
countryOfOrigin United States
countryOfSetting United States
criticalReception acclaimed for performances
noted for dark humor
director Noel Black
distributor 20th Century Fox
editedBy J. Terry Williams
era New Hollywood era
linked to: New Hollywood
featuresCharacter Dennis Pitt
Sue Ann Stepanek
featuresPerformance Anthony Perkins as Dennis Pitt
linked to: Anthony Perkins

Tuesday Weld as Sue Ann Stepanek
filmingTechnique location shooting
filmRating M (original MPAA rating)
genre black comedy
crime film
psychological thriller
hasCultFollowing true
hasTheme delusion
manipulation
romantic obsession
violence
musicBy Johnny Mandel
narrativeTone darkly comic
unsettling
notableFor Anthony Perkins post-Psycho role
blend of romance and violence
originalLanguage English
producer Lawrence Turman
releaseYear 1968
runtimeMinutes 89
screenwriter Lorenzo Semple Jr.
setInPeriod 1960s
starring Anthony Perkins
Beverly Garland
John Randolph
Tuesday Weld

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Anthony Perkins performedIn Pretty Poison
Tuesday Weld notableWork Pretty Poison
Lawrence Turman notableWork Pretty Poison
Lawrence Turman produced Pretty Poison
Tony Perkins notableWork Pretty Poison
Susan Ker Weld notableWork Pretty Poison
Tuesday Weld notableWork Pretty Poison
subject linked to: Tuesday
Tuesday Weld notableWork Pretty Poison
subject linked to: Weld
Susan Ker Weld notableWork Pretty Poison
subject linked to: Susan