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Re: Murderesses
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Ron Hoffman <[log in to unmask]>
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Date:
Mon, 8 Apr 1996 09:28:10 -0400
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On Fri, 5 Apr 1996, Barbara Bernstein wrote:
 
> Susan Denker asks for suggestions of films about women who murder people.
>
> I recommend Chabrol's "Violette Noziere," about a young woman who (as I
 recall)
>  poisons her family.
>
> How about "Diabolique"?  And "The Bad Seed."  In "Whatever Happened to Baby
>  Jane?" Baby Jane commits a murder.
>
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> Barbara Bernstein                                               San Francisco,
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> http://www.kinexis.com
 
There are tons of examples.  Two films come immediately to mind:  The
Sting and Prizzi's Honor, both containing hit women.
 
Speaking of John Huston, you obviously have to cite The Maltese Falcon.
 
Ron Hoffman
 
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