The angel with the murderer's hand
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The angel with the murderer's hand |
| Original title | Pretty poison |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1968 |
| length | 89 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 18 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Noel Black |
| script | Lorenzo Semple junior |
| production |
Marshal Backlar , Noel Black |
| music | Johnny Almond |
| camera | David Quaid |
| cut | William Ziegler |
| occupation | |
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The angel with the killer hand (in the original Pretty Poison ) is a thriller by Noel Black from 1967. The leading roles are cast with Anthony Perkins and Tuesday Weld and Beverly Garland . The script is based on Stephen Geller's novel She Let Him Continue . The premiere of the film in Germany took place on July 19, 1968.
action
Dennis Pitt is convicted of an arsonist and has to undergo an examination in a psychiatric clinic. When he is paroled, he meets cheerleader Sue Ann. He poses as a secret agent to her. Sue Ann is impressed by Dennis and accompanies him on his alleged missions. There are two murders. Dennis is plagued by guilt, but for Sue Ann the whole thing is an adventure that really blossoms. She begs Dennis to flee to Mexico with her. But first she has to get rid of her suspicious mother.
Dennis recognizes sociopathic impulses in Sue Ann's criminal behavior. However, it is also clear to him that the police are more likely to believe Sue Ann's statements than his, an inmate of a mental hospital. So Dennis takes the blame for all of Sue Ann's crimes. Dennis doesn't want to tell his therapist the truth, but asks if he could look into Sue Ann in the hopes that the real self will emerge and the therapist will draw appropriate conclusions.
In the final scene you see Sue Ann with a young man. She tells him that all the people who took care of her after her mother died would not let her out of the house long.
background
The 20th Century Fox film was not a box office hit. A budget of $ 1.8 million is offset by US revenue of $ 1 million. The film was shot in the US state of Massachusetts .
The film is the feature film debut of director Noel Black. For Broadway veteran and future Tony Award winner John Randolph it was the fifth appearance in a movie, and for Dick O'Neill (known as Charlie Cagney in the television series Cagney & Lacey ) the fourth. Ken Kercheval, the Cliff Barnes from the television series Dallas , made his feature film debut here.
The staff included the following Oscar winners: composer Johnny Mandel (honored in 1966) and art director Jack Martin Smith (honored in 1964 and 1967, another Oscar was added in 1970).
In 1996 David Burton Morris made a remake with the same original title. The main roles were played by Grant Show and Wendy Benson-Landes.
reception
criticism
“The typically American theme of the overwhelming power of matriarchy is somewhat obscured by the ornamental staging; nevertheless a remarkable feature film debut. "
“Perkins' role as a sympathetic neurotic is not his first of its kind, but he doesn't run a well-known program, but gives the character depth and credibility with his special talent. Tuesday Weld, one of the most misunderstood actresses in US cinema, is in no way inferior to him. (...) It is thanks to her talent that her character remains believable despite the two murders. The film, shot in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, is an unusual crime thriller, which continues to surprise in the course of the plot, but which did not do too well at the box office. "
"Unsuccessful mix of pathological study and crime novel, therefore not convincing."
Award
Lorenzo Sample Jr. won the New York Film Critics Circle Award in 1968 for his screenplay .
DVD release
Universum Film (picture format: 1.78: 1 (16: 9 anamorphic coded) - language / sound format: German, English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono) - country code: 2)
Web links
- Pretty Poison in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The angel with the killer hand see box office, budget in the IMDb (English)
- ↑ The angel with the murderer's hand. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed January 14, 2017 .
- ↑ The angel with the killer hand at bloodsucerz.cx, accessed on January 31, 2019.
- ↑ Evangelischer Filmbeobachter, Evangelischer Presseverband Munich, Review No. 329/1968