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An obese, embittered nurse doesn't mind if her toupee-wearing boyfriend romances and fleeces other women, as long as he takes her along on his con jobs.An obese, embittered nurse doesn't mind if her toupee-wearing boyfriend romances and fleeces other women, as long as he takes her along on his con jobs.An obese, embittered nurse doesn't mind if her toupee-wearing boyfriend romances and fleeces other women, as long as he takes her along on his con jobs.
Michael Haley
- Jackson
- (as Mike Haley)
William Adams
- Justice of the Peace
- (as Col. William Adams)
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Though it's a loose telling of the true honeymoon killers story, the presentation is exactly the way this kind of subject material ought to be presented for the most realistic effect. Real location settings, sparse music, realistic dialog, ordinary appearing people with all of their neurotic behavior as part of their character. No big name actors to distract from the tale. All of this makes the whole film seem as if it's a voyeuristic view of actual events, and makes it more chilling and the killers more realistic as individual real-life characters. Unlike antagonists of the sort similar to the omnipotent, hidden, twisted-mind genius behind all the contraptions of SAW and SAW 2, (which is merely more time spent eating popcorn without being bored, with emotional effects to be quickly felt then forgotten until the next slick horror opus comes along), this one will stick in your mind like HENRY and IN COLD BLOOD. And because they actually happened too.
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- TriviaOriginally to be directed by Martin Scorsese, but he was replaced after a week of shooting due to creative differences by Donald Volkman who was subsequently replaced by Leonard Kastle. Scorsese was fired because he was filming every scene in master shots and not shooting close-ups or other coverage, making the film impossible to edit. According to Kastle's interview with the Criterion collection, the ultimate moment that caused Scorsese's firing was trying to get close-up on a beer can lit perfectly for the intended tone.
- GoofsIn the scene on the bus with the dead victim of Martha and Ray, there is a long shot of the woman's face with her eyes somewhat googly and her tongue sticking out, as you hear the bus driver exclaiming her death, etc. Towards the end of the shot, if you watch the woman's face, you can see her tongue move.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Hidden Horror (1988)
- SoundtracksSymphonies Nos. 5, 6 & 9
Composed by Gustav Mahler
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- The Honeymoon Killers
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- Kenmore Hotel, Albany, New York, USA(Exterior shot)
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- $200,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 47 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1
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