The read
Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 89% of the 380 1970s crime movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes95%
Metacritic82/100
Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do.
132 audience votes
Key crew
- Leonard KastleDirector
- Leonard KastleScreenplay
Cast
- Shirley StolerMartha
- Tony Lo BiancoRay
- Mary Jane HigbyJanet
- Doris RobertsBunny
- Kip McArdleDelphine
- Marilyn ChrisMyrtle
- Dortha DuckworthMother
- Barbara CasonEvelyn
- Ann HarrisDoris
- Mary BreenRainelle
- Elsa RavenMatron
- Mary EngelLucy
Stills
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The Best Movies of 1970
The Honeymoon Killers is #14 of 60
