No Way to Treat a Lady
No Way to Treat a Lady is a 1968 American psychological thriller film with elements of black comedy, directed by Jack Smight, and starring Rod Steiger, Lee Remick, George Segal, and Eileen Heckart. Adapted by John Gay from William Goldman's 1964 novel of the same name, it follows a serial killer in New York City who impersonates various characters in order to gain the trust of women before murdering them.
Plot
Christopher Gill is a serial killer fixated on his late mother, a noted stage actress. Gill preys on older women. A Broadway theatre owner and director, he adopts various disguises in order to put his victims at ease and avoid identification, impersonating characters such as an Irish priest, a policeman, plumber, a flamboyant gay hairdresser, and a transvestite. Once gaining his victims' trust, Gill strangles them to death before painting a pair of lips on their foreheads with garish red lipstick.
More details
| author | John Gay |
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| contentLocation | New York City |
| director | Jack Smight |
| editor | Archie Marshek |
| genre | comedy mystery thriller |
| keywords | broadway broadway theatre claim derange force gay gay men love interest new love overbearing mother paint pass plan stage actress taunt transvestism transvestite |
| musicBy | Stanley Myers |
| producer | Sol C. Siegel |
| productionCompany | Sol C. Siegel Productions |
| publisher | Paramount Pictures |
| theme | black comedy comedy thriller psychological thriller serial killer |