No Way to Treat a Lady (1968) | |
| Director(s) | Jack Smight |
| Producer(s) | Sol C. Siegel |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Film Adaptation, Thriller/Suspense |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, Detectives, Mother/Son |
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No Way to Treat a Lady (1968) was a Comedy - Thriller/Suspense Film directed by Jack Smight and produced by Sol C. Siegel.
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No Way to Treat a Lady (1968)
By Beatrice on Jan 29, 2020 From Flickers in TimeNo Way to Treat a Lady Directed by Jack Smight Written by John Gay from a novel by William Goldman 1968/US IMDb link First viewing/Amazon Instant 1968 was certainly a year for serial and spree killer movies! ?This one straddles that fine line between thriller and comedy and mostly does it well due... Read full article
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Mrs. Brummel:
So, what do you, what do you do with her, go to mass?
Morris Brummel: No, we just... we walk and we talk.
Mrs. Brummel: Oh, please, please. I don't want to hear another word. Already I won't sleep another wink tonight. Please, don't say another word.
[pause]
Mrs. Brummel: Morris...
Morris Brummel: I thought you didn't want to hear any more?
Mrs. Brummel: Aw, you think I want to? You think I want... I'm in agony. I... I... It's my duty. Go on, go on.
Morris Brummel: Well, she... her, her name is Katherine. Katherine. Katherine Palmer.
Mrs. Brummel: Short, blonde, beautiful?
Morris Brummel: No, she's, er, she's, she's tall and er, she's only got one eye right in the middle of her forehead.
Mrs. Brummel: Of course. Of course. She'll break your heart!
Mrs. Brummel: You still don't have a diploma! Not to mention any grandchildren, which your brother Franklin has three already. Three grandchildren. What have I got from you but heartbreak?
[Preparing to meet Morris' mother]
Kate Palmer: Do you love me?
Morris Brummel: Yes!
Kate Palmer: Desperately, madly?
Morris Brummel: Desperately, madly!
Kate Palmer: In that case, I can move mountains. Let's go.
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Morris Brummel: No, we just... we walk and we talk.
Mrs. Brummel: Oh, please, please. I don't want to hear another word. Already I won't sleep another wink tonight. Please, don't say another word.
[pause]
Mrs. Brummel: Morris...
Morris Brummel: I thought you didn't want to hear any more?
Mrs. Brummel: Aw, you think I want to? You think I want... I'm in agony. I... I... It's my duty. Go on, go on.
Morris Brummel: Well, she... her, her name is Katherine. Katherine. Katherine Palmer.
Mrs. Brummel: Short, blonde, beautiful?
Morris Brummel: No, she's, er, she's, she's tall and er, she's only got one eye right in the middle of her forehead.
Mrs. Brummel: Of course. Of course. She'll break your heart!
Mrs. Brummel: You still don't have a diploma! Not to mention any grandchildren, which your brother Franklin has three already. Three grandchildren. What have I got from you but heartbreak?
[Preparing to meet Morris' mother]
Kate Palmer: Do you love me?
Morris Brummel: Yes!
Kate Palmer: Desperately, madly?
Morris Brummel: Desperately, madly!
Kate Palmer: In that case, I can move mountains. Let's go.
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Facts about
One of Rod Steiger's impersonations is of comedian W.C. Fields. Steiger would portray Fields eight years later, in W.C. Fields and Me.
One of the names of actors on poster outside theater is William Henry Pratt - real name of Boris Karloff.
The film was playing in Vallejo, California in April 1969, just after the Zodiac Killer murdered his first known victims, in Vallejo. Many criminologists believe that the Zodiac Killer was a movie buff or was influenced by motion pictures and gleaned quotes from movies for his taunting missives to the police, which began in August 1969, to the Vallejo Times-Herald, the San Francisco Chronicle and the San Francisco Examiner. Others believe that he was from Vallejo. That "No Way To Treat a Lady" was about a serial killer who enjoys taunting the policeman on his trail makes it an interesting footnote to the Zodiac Killer case.
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One of the names of actors on poster outside theater is William Henry Pratt - real name of Boris Karloff.
The film was playing in Vallejo, California in April 1969, just after the Zodiac Killer murdered his first known victims, in Vallejo. Many criminologists believe that the Zodiac Killer was a movie buff or was influenced by motion pictures and gleaned quotes from movies for his taunting missives to the police, which began in August 1969, to the Vallejo Times-Herald, the San Francisco Chronicle and the San Francisco Examiner. Others believe that he was from Vallejo. That "No Way To Treat a Lady" was about a serial killer who enjoys taunting the policeman on his trail makes it an interesting footnote to the Zodiac Killer case.
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