Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Strong
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
The story
Martha Beck, an obese nurse who is desperately lonely, joins a "correspondence club" and finds a romantic pen pal in Ray Fernandez. Martha falls hard for Ray, and is intent on sticking with him even when she discovers he's a con man who seduces lonely single women, kills them and then takes their money. She poses as Ray's sister and joins Ray on a wild killing spree, fueled by her lingering concern that Ray will leave her for one of his marks.
- nurse
- widow
- alabama
- lonely hearts ad
- based on true story
- con artist
- murder
- serial killer
- 1940s
- thrill kill
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Kip McArdle — Delphine
- Marilyn Chris — Myrtle
- Dortha Duckworth — Mother
- Barbara Cason — Evelyn
- Ann Harris — Doris
- Mary Breen — Rainelle
- Elsa Raven — Matron
- Mary Engel — Lucy
- Guy Sorel — Mr. Dranoff
- Michael Haley — Jackson
- Diane Asselin — Severns
- Directed
- Leonard Kastle
- Written
- Leonard Kastle
Production
- Rating
- 6.5 / 10 · 131 ratings
- Studio
- Roxanne Company, American International Pictures, Cinerama Releasing Corporation
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
