Pretty Poison

Name: Pretty Poison
Duration: 1 h 29 min

1hr 29m

1hr 29m
3.6/5 (1.9K)
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When a mentally-disturbed young man tells a pretty girl that he's a secret agent, she believes him; murder and mayhem ensue. More Details »

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Director:

Noel Black

Producer:

Marshall Backlar, Noel Black, Jack Grossberg

Writer:

Stephen Geller, Lorenzo Semple Jr.

Runtime:

1hr 29m

Synopsis

When a mentally-disturbed young man tells a pretty girl that he's a secret agent, she believes him; murder and mayhem ensue.

Cast

Anthony Perkins
Tuesday Weld
Beverly Garland
John Randolph
Dick O'Neill
Clarice Blackburn
Joseph Bova
Ken Kercheval
Don Fellows
George Ryan's Winslow High-Steppers

Letterboxd User Reviews

3.6

RATINGS 31 FANS

3.6

i lost it every time dennis was like "gotta go" and there was a 10-second silent clip of him bounding away like a deer

420 Likes

gracie!

Dec 13, 2021

this is MY buffalo 66

179 Likes

Lilla,,

Feb 4, 2024

when the hoe scarer becomes the hoe scaree

127 Likes

Naomi✮
Apr 9, 2014

Norman Bates and his active imagination. Likable Eisenhower. Tuesday's marching with the band. An Airstream trailer. Run, Norman, Run. Blood on the window. A case quarter. Whistling. Secret Agent mumbo jumbo. Fuckin' Aliens. The hotdog stand. Binoculars. Ears never change.…

124 Likes

Todd Gaines

Apr 21, 2025

aww she’s just like me 🥰 (unhinged)

102 Likes

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Jul 14, 2023

This movie is just so good. Director Noel Black just gives us this shell game of a movie with so many distractions but you think you know where this story is going and when the ball is revealed everything locks into place and when I first found out it completely changed the…

96 Likes

pirateneckbeard
Aug 2, 2024

"Be careful. Emotions can be fatal in things like this" Dennis Pitt (Anthony Perkins) takes a job at a chemical factory after being released from a mental health facility. He becomes convinced the factory is deliberately polluting the water and succumbs to delusions that…

80 Likes

Jesse Snoddon

Aug 25, 2021

Delusions and pathological lies from nut-clinic fodder Anthony P, laid like sticks of wood being built into a pyramid based on funeral pyre blueprints. The endearingly gullible Tuesday Weld smattering the construction with tinder of ripped up bits of sundress and pencil…

77 Likes

ELECTRICWIZARDx

Oct 21, 2013

If Psycho was the seed of a new kind of mainstream Hollywood movie - bloodier, sexier, more realistic and psychologically complex, then this is the brightly colored fruit. The dark and murderous road the movie eventually travels down almost feels like a romantic comedy…

74 Likes

Joe

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mason williams loved

Pretty Poison

A brilliant and grim movie that I am surprised doesn’t get more recognition. Anthony Perkins and Tuesday weld are perfect for this and the small Massachusetts town comes off as such a charming place. When they invent time travel, I might move there and drive around in my sunbeam.

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Vogue Italia loved

Pretty Poison

4/19/26: Omfg this movie is astounding. Absolutely a favorite. The most unexpected and exciting femme fatale. A lost swinging sixties masterpiece!

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Jacob Hall liked

Pretty Poison

Some outdated moments, but overall a decent thriller with some sprinkles of comedy.

1Y
Javier M liked

Pretty Poison

8/10 60s psychological romantic crime film

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WSS loved

Pretty Poison

Sue Ann’s personality was so cute.

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