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      Pretty Poison

      R Released Oct 23, 1968 1 hr. 29 min. Mystery & Thriller List
      100% 11 Reviews Tomatometer 71% 500+ Ratings Audience Score Paranoid parolee Dennis Pitt (Anthony Perkins) strives to fit into everyday life working at a chemical factory but soon comes to believe the company is purposely polluting the town's water supply. Befriended by an attractive high school drum majorette, Sue Ann Stepanek (Tuesday Weld), Dennis is delighted when she approves of his scheme to pretend to be a CIA agent in order to destroy the factory. The plan goes awry, and the hapless Dennis becomes a pawn in Sue Ann's own devious plot. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Oct 31 Buy Now

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      Audience Member Has the look, sound, and feel of an average episode of Love American Style. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review kevin c Anthony Perkins plays …guess what… a slightly deranged man who is on parole, who meets a girl played by Tuesday Weld and convinces her that he is a secret agent and needs her help. She naively goes along with it and as you'd expect nothing good comes from it. Perkins has the crazy eyed loner character down pat as is always the case. Weld is fantastic in this. Great flick with a few twists. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review ogn d Contrived and implausible Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review steve d The ending makes the entire ride worth it. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member The vulnerable strangeness of Anthony Perkins blends perfectly with a truly unsettling performance by Tuesday Weld. A very disturbing little picture that gets under your skin and stays there. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member An excellent black comedy from the late 60s that more than stands the test of time, but I take issue with Hal Erickson's description of the lead character as "psychotic," much more of a fantasist around who things go horribly wrong. Perkins and Weld play their roles to perfection. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Pauline Kael New Yorker Pretty Poison is a good little movie, and I use “little” not in a pejorative sense but as a form of protection and also a term of affection. Jul 6, 2022 Full Review Joe Morgenstern Newsweek This is a lot for a ninety-minute movie to have on its mind, yet Black builds his scenes and directs his actors with great lucidity. Jul 6, 2022 Full Review Richard Brody New Yorker The nerve-jangling tale of looming chaos in idyllic surroundings conveys a sense of a world out of whack; it virtually shrieks with the era’s political and social turmoil. Apr 14, 2020 Full Review Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Tuesday Weld is excellent as the lethal Lolita. Rated: 3/4 May 13, 2023 Full Review Sean Axmaker Seanax.com ...He's an older guy, to be sure, and she's a beautiful high school majorette seemingly charmed by his secretive life and acronym-dotted small talk, but behind her schoolgirl smile is a cagey, bored girl with a sociopathic streak ... Jan 27, 2017 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Over the years has developed a strong cult following. Rated: A Nov 20, 2006 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis Paranoid parolee Dennis Pitt (Anthony Perkins) strives to fit into everyday life working at a chemical factory but soon comes to believe the company is purposely polluting the town's water supply. Befriended by an attractive high school drum majorette, Sue Ann Stepanek (Tuesday Weld), Dennis is delighted when she approves of his scheme to pretend to be a CIA agent in order to destroy the factory. The plan goes awry, and the hapless Dennis becomes a pawn in Sue Ann's own devious plot.
      Director
      Noel Black
      Distributor
      20th Century Fox
      Production Co
      20th Century Fox
      Rating
      R
      Genre
      Mystery & Thriller
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Oct 23, 1968, Original
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Oct 1, 2010
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