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No Way to Treat a Lady (1968)

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New York detective Moe Brummell (George Segal) is assigned to track down a serial killer who has been preying on lonely middle-aged ladies. Each of the bodies is discovered with a lipstick kiss drawn on the forehead. We know (but Brummell doesn't) that the murderer is Christopher Gill (Rod Steiger), a round-the-bend actor whose hatred for his mother has driven him to his killing spree. Gill is fond of adopting a different personality and costume with each killing (a priest, a homosexual, a

Unrated, 1 hr. 48 min.

Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Classics, Comedy

Sep 3, 2002

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All Critics (13) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (8) | Rotten (1) | DVD (5)

Steiger is fine in tricky mystery directed by Jack Smight.

July 25, 2007 Comment
Video-Reviewmaster.com

A terrific mystery thriller that's both suspenseful and human. Segal is especially winning.

October 6, 2005 Comment
Fantastica Daily

Amazing performance by Rod Steiger

September 29, 2005 Comment

First-class thriller with a deliciously twisty William Goldman script and a deliciously twisted murderer.

June 19, 2003 Comment
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

A thoroughly enjoyable film about a pitiless serial killer of middle-aged women, that is played for laughs at the expense of the women victims.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | Comment
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This is a very strange movie, and not in a good way. Half of the time it's pretty good, though, and there are a couple of funny things that happen. The other half it's stupid and boring. This movie's just okay.

September 5, 2010
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