 Geraldine Page and Ruth Gordon "sharpen their claws on each other" (Boxoffice) in this chilling thriller about a lost fortune, a mad heiress and a housekeeper hell-bent on digging up the truth! Mrs. Marrable (Page) is a society matron who's had some shocking news, her late husband left her only a stamp collection! Determined to maintain her extravagant lifestyle, she takes advantage of an unlikely new source of income - her housekeepers' by robbing them not only of their life savings, but also their lives! The turnover rate for help speeds faster than a revolving door...until Mrs. Marrable's latest hire (Gordon) develops a drive to unearth the terrible secret buried in the front yard. Storyline: As Aunt Alice, Ruth Gordon applies for the job of housekeeper in the Tucson, Arizona home of widow Claire Marrable in order to find out what happened to a missing widowed friend, Edna Tilsney. The crazed Page, left only a stamp album by her husband, takes money from her housekeepers, kills them, and buries the bodies in her garden. Alice is a widow too. So is neighbor Harriet Vaughn. Lots of widows here. Written by alfiehitchie Cast Notes: Geraldine Page (Claire Marrable), Ruth Gordon (Alice Dimmock), Rosemary Forsyth (Harriet Vaughn), Robert Fuller (Mike Darrah), Mildred Dunnock (Edna Tinsley), Joan Huntington (Julia Lawson), Peter Brandon (George Lawson), Michael Barbera (Jim Vaughn), Peter Bonerz (Mr. Bentley), Richard Angarola (Sheriff Armijo), Claire Kelly (Elva), Valerie Allen (Dotty), Martin Garralaga (Juan), Jack Bannon (Olin), Seth Riggs (Warren). User Comment: Lechuguilla from Dallas, Texas, 23 September 2004 • Geraldine Page and a lively script lift this otherwise b-grade film to the status of cult classic. With her unique voice and mannered style of method acting, Page has never disappointed me in any of her many performances. And in this thriller, Theodore Apstein's clever screenplay gives the inimitable Page ample opportunity to portray a woman who, although inwardly venomous, amuses viewers in a stylized, aristocratic sort of way. In a major support role, feisty Ruth Gordon adds spunk. All of which adds up to 101 minutes of viewing fun, despite a grating, fingernails-on-the-blackboard music score, and dubious production values which, toward the film's end, have a black Lincoln turning yellow, then black, then yellow again, and back to black, in the span of 43 seconds. Charming. Summary: For Geraldine Page Fans. IMDb Rating (10/10/05): (10/10/05): 7.0/10 from 208 users
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