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Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
Leonard Hoffman is an insurance salesman struggling to make ends meet. The fact that he has triplet sons who all want to go to Yale isn't making things any easier. Blanche Rickey is also worried about money; her husband is a millionaire with a weak heart, and she worries that he'll blow through all his cash before he finally dies. When Blanche meets Leonard, she devises a murderous plan that she claims will fix both their problems.
Ratings
IMDb5.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes14%
Metacritic70/100
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do.
43 audience votes
Key crew
- Bill ContiOriginal Music Composer
- John CassavetesDirector
- Andrew BergmanWriter
Cast
- Alan ArkinLeonard Hoffman
- Beverly D'AngeloBlanche Rickey
- Peter FalkSteve Rickey
- Charles DurningO'Mara
- Robert StackWinslow
- Paul DooleyGeorge Noozel
- Valerie CurtinArlene Hoffman
- Richard LibertiniDr. Lopez
- Steve AltermanPeter Hoffman
- Jerry PavlonMichael Hoffman
- Paul La GrecaJoshua Hoffman
- John FinneganDet. Murphy