Perfect Gentlemen

• Director: Jackie Cooper
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• Genre: Crime
• Movie Type: Caper
• Themes: Unlikely Criminals
• Main Cast: Lauren Bacall, Sandy Dennis, Ruth Gordon, Lisa Pelikan
• Release Year: 1978
• Country: US
• Run Time: 97 minutes

Plot

We're not sure who the gentlemen are in this TV movie adaptation of Nora Ephron's Perfect Gentlemen, but there's no doubt as to the identity of the ladies. The plot revolves around three convict's wives. Sandy Dennis owns a bankrupt deli; Lisa Pelikan is pregnant and broke; and Lauren Bacall (in her TV movie debut) is the wealthy wife of an incarcerated labor leader, who has just learned that her husband was cheating on her. Teaming up, the three ladies plan to steal the million dollars that was supposed to secure the release of Bacall's errant hubby. Along for the ride is Lisa Pelikan's mother-in-law Ruth Gordon, a veteran safecracker. Perfect Gentlemen sags a bit a midpoint, but overall is good underhanded fun. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Robert Alda - Ed Martin; Selma Archerd - Hotel Supervisor; Lauren Bacall - Mrs. Lizzie Martin; William H. Bassett - Southern Man; Sandy Dennis - Sophie Rosenman; Rick Garcia - Nick Auletta; Robert Kya-Hill - Johnson; Ralph Manza - Frankie Fox; Dick O'Neill - Mr. Appleton; Ken Olfson - Desk Clerk; Stephen Pearlman - Murray Rosenman; Lisa Pelikan - Annie Cavagnaro; Shane Sinutko - Jacob; Erik Stern - Jackie Brockhurst; Ruth Gordon - Sophie Rosenman; Steve Allie Collura - Vinnie Cavagnaro; Jeff Maxwell - Hotel Doorman

Credit

Jackie Cooper - Director, Dominic Frontiere - Composer (Music Score), Lyle Wheeler - Production Designer, Jackie Cooper - Producer, Nora Ephron - Screenwriter

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