Louis Basile

Suspense-master Willam Golman (Marathon Man) wrote the novel from which this bizarre black comedy was adapted. It's the extraordinary account of a plumber who kills a dowdy matron, a priest who kills a dowdy matron, and a policeman who kills a dowdy matron. Actually they're all the same man, a psychotic master of disguise brilliantly played by versatile Rod Steiger. The killer also gets his kicks phoning in clues to detective George Segal. All of New York trembles as a sixth strangling is reported in the papers. And the man with the makeup kit stalks another victim... the detective's girlfriend (Lee Remick). A suspenseful, macabre game of cat and mouse.

Murder, illicit sex, prostitution: a 1940s Los Angeles detective hounds his brother, a priest who has heard confessions about a pious pimp's tie to a grisly killing.

Murder, illicit sex, prostitution: a 1940s Los Angeles detective hounds his brother, a priest who has heard confessions about a pious pimp's tie to a grisly killing.

Bookie Sorrowful Jones (Walter Matthau) grudgingly accepts a 6-year-old girl (Sara Stimson) as collateral for a debt. The sprightly youngster soon has a positive effect on her curmudgeonly guardian, adding a little sunshine to his life. What's more, the little lass decides to play matchmaker for sorrowful and lovely widow Amanda (Julie Andrews) in this adaptation of Damon Runyon's classic short story. Tony Curtis costars as the heavy.