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Feature film — 1968

No Way to Treat a Lady (1968)

6.61h 48mComedy — Thriller

Christopher Gill is a psychotic killer who uses various disguises to trick and strangle his victims. Moe Brummel is a single and harassed New York City police detective who starts to get phone calls from the strangler and builds a strange alliance as a result. Kate Palmer is a swinging, hip tour guide who witnesses the strangler leaving her dead neighbor's apartment and sets her sights on the detective. Moe's live-in mother wishes her son would be a successful Jewish doctor like his big brother.

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A high-signal pick with 62 votes.

Paramount Pictures / Sol C. Siegel Productions

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Director: Jack Smight

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Cast & crew

Rod Steiger as Christopher Gill

Rod Steiger

Christopher Gill

Lee Remick as Kate Palmer

Lee Remick

Kate Palmer

George Segal as Morris Brummel

George Segal

Morris Brummel

Eileen Heckart as Mrs. Brummel

Eileen Heckart

Mrs. Brummel

Murray Hamilton as Inspector Haines

Murray Hamilton

Inspector Haines

Michael Dunn as Mr. Kupperman

Michael Dunn

Mr. Kupperman

Martine Bartlett as Alma Mulloy

Martine Bartlett

Alma Mulloy

Barbara Baxley as Belle Poppie

Barbara Baxley

Belle Poppie

Irene Dailey as Mrs. Fitts

Irene Dailey

Mrs. Fitts

Doris Roberts as Sylvia Poppie

Doris Roberts

Sylvia Poppie

Ruth White as Mrs. Himmel

Ruth White

Mrs. Himmel

David Doyle as Lieutenant Dawson

David Doyle

Lieutenant Dawson

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