No Way to Treat a Lady

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No Way to Treat a Lady is a 1968 comedy thriller directed by Jack Smight, with a screenplay by John Gay adapted from William Goldman's novel of the same name. The film starred Rod Steiger, Lee Remick and George Segal, the latter of whom was nominated for a BAFTA for his role as Detective Moe Brummel.^[1]

1 Plot
2 Adaptations
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Plot

Rod Steiger stars as Christopher Gill, a serial killer who is fixated on his late mother, an actress, and preys on middle-aged women who remind him of her. He adopts various disguises to put his victims at ease before choking them. The murderer strikes up an adversarial relationship with Morris Brummel (Segal), the detective investigating the murders, via the telephone.

The film features a B-plot concerning Brummel's own mother (Eileen Heckart), who wants her son to be more like his brother (and settle down). Brummell's love interest in the film, Kate Palmer (Lee Remick), surprisingly manages to win over his mother, but is later targeted by the strangler...

[edit] Adaptations

In 1987, Douglas J. Cohen adapted the film into a musical comedy.^[2]

[edit] References

^ Film Nominations 1968. Past Winners and Nominees. British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved on 2008-03-15.
^ Holden, Steven. "No Way to Treat a Lady", The New York Times, 1987-06-12. Retrieved on 2008-03-15.