The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag
The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag is a 1992 American screwball comedy film directed by Allan Moyle and produced by Scott Kroopf. It stars Penelope Ann Miller, Eric Thal, William Forsythe, Cathy Moriarty and Alfre Woodard. Rock and roll recording pioneer Cordell Jackson played a bit part as "Bathroom Woman".
Plot
Betty Lou Perkins is a meek librarian in New Orleans who is ignored by everyone, including her uninspiring police detective husband Alex. A criminal kingpin is killed in cold blood, and Betty Lou finds the murder gun. She goes to the police station to tell them about the gun, but no one listens to her until she actually fires the weapon at a trash can in the bathroom. However, when the other characters (including Alex) don't know she can hear them, they all agree that she is innocent because she's too boring and timid to ever do anything at all, let alone anything wrong. A fed-up Betty tells them she killed the guy and gets arrested to their complete shock.
More details
| author | Grace Cary Bickley |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | New Orleans |
| director | Allan Moyle |
| editor | Erica Huggins |
| genre | comedy |
| keywords | arrest bad guy bore kill librarian police detective police station |
| musicBy | Richard Gibbs |
| producer | Scott Kroopf |
| productionCompany | Interscope Communications Nomura Babcock & Brown Touchstone Pictures |
| publisher | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| recordedAt | New Orleans |
| theme | screwball comedy |