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* CasualDangerDialog: For a couple hiding a body, Paul and Mary sure trade a lot of calm, idle banter.

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* CasualDangerDialog: CasualDangerDialogue: For a couple hiding a body, Paul and Mary sure trade a lot of calm, idle banter.
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A 1982 BlackComedy directed by, co-written by and co-starring Creator/PaulBartel. Inspired in part by the original British ''Film/TheLadykillers'' and ''Film/KindHeartsAndCoronets''. Has also been compared to Creator/CharlieChaplin's ''Film/MonsieurVerdoux''.

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A 1982 BlackComedy directed by, co-written by and co-starring Creator/PaulBartel. Inspired in part by the original British ''Film/TheLadykillers'' ''Film/{{The Ladykillers|1955}}'' and ''Film/KindHeartsAndCoronets''. Has also been compared to Creator/CharlieChaplin's ''Film/MonsieurVerdoux''.
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The plot involves Paul Bland (Bartel) and his wife Mary (Creator/MaryWoronov), a repressed and prudish married couple who live in UsefulNotes/LosAngeles and dream of opening a restaurant. However, they face a number of problems in doing so, not least being a lack of money and having to live in an apartment building that is frequently filled with seedy swinger types. After they are forced to kill a couple of swingers who attack Mary, the couple hit on the idea of murdering "rich perverts" and stealing from them to finance their restaurant. Things go smoothly until Raoul (Robert Beltran), a smooth cat-burglar, discovers what they're doing while breaking into their apartment. This forces the couple to join forces with Raoul to continue their scheme, which in turn leads to a love triangle developing between the three which quickly turns murderous...

Available on DVD and UsefulNotes/BluRay as part of Creator/TheCriterionCollection.

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The plot involves Paul Bland (Bartel) and his wife Mary (Creator/MaryWoronov), a repressed and prudish married couple who live in UsefulNotes/LosAngeles and dream of opening a restaurant. However, they face a number of problems in doing so, not least being a lack of money and having to live in an apartment building that is frequently filled with seedy swinger types. After they are forced to kill a couple of swingers who attack Mary, the couple hit on the idea of murdering "rich perverts" and stealing from them to finance their restaurant. Things go smoothly until Raoul (Robert Beltran), (Creator/RobertBeltran), a smooth cat-burglar, discovers what they're doing while breaking into their apartment. This forces the couple to join forces with Raoul to continue their scheme, which in turn leads to a love triangle developing between the three which quickly turns murderous...

Available on DVD and UsefulNotes/BluRay as part of Creator/TheCriterionCollection.
Creator/TheCriterionCollection. The Blands also make a cameo appearance in ''Film/ChoppingMall''.

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