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No Way to Treat a Lady

1968 · 108 min

A tense cat-and-mouse thriller laced with dark humour and eccentric characters, keeping you unsettled yet amused.

Directed by
Jack Smight
Genres
Comedy, Thriller
Tagline
...or is it?
Overview
Christopher Gill is a psychotic killer who uses various disguises to trick and strangle his victims. Moe Brummel is a single and harassed New York City police detective who starts to get phone calls from the strangler and builds a strange alliance as a result. Kate Palmer is a swinging, hip tour guide who witnesses the strangler leaving her dead neighbor's apartment and sets her sights on the detective. Moe's live-in mother wishes her son would be a successful Jewish doctor like his big brother.

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Directed by
Jack Smight
Genres
Comedy, Thriller
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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • identity
  • crime
  • family
  • madness
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror5
Humour7
Realism7
Romance4
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Genres
comedy, thriller
Directed by
Jack Smight
Written by
John Gay
Starring
Rod Steiger, Lee Remick, George Segal, Eileen Heckart, Murray Hamilton, Michael Dunn, Martine Bartlett, Barbara Baxley
Music
Stanley Myers
Cinematography
Jack Priestley
Runtime
108 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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