Love is a bitch...Called Martha.
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.
- 6.5
- 1970
- Released
- 1h 48m
Shirley Stoler
Martha
Tony Lo Bianco
Ray
Mary Jane Higby
Janet
Doris Roberts
BunnyKip McArdle
Delphine
Marilyn Chris
Myrtle
Dortha Duckworth
Mother
Barbara Cason
EvelynAnn Harris
DorisMary Breen
Rainelle
Elsa Raven
MatronGuy Sorel
Mr. DranoffWilliam Adams
Justice of the PeaceEleanor Adams
Mrs. Hand
Released
en
- #nurse
- #widow
- #alabama
- #lonely hearts ad
- #based on true story
- #con artist
- #murder
- #serial killer
- #1940s
- #thrill kill
- #killer couple
Reviews
The "anti-Bonnie and Clyde," as described by the film's director Leonard Kastle. Who? Yeah, I never heard of him either. He made one movie and it's 1) a classic, 2) part of the Criterion Collection, and 3) one of François Truffaut's favorites. It was also a movie Martin Scorsese started to direct but was let go! So what is it? A low-budget, independent true crime story about a notorious team of co