Themes: Assumed Identities, Woman In Jeopardy, Mind Games
Main Cast: James Neumann, Patty Duke, Rosemary Murphy, Richard Thomas, Sian Barbara Allen, Dennis Rucker
Release Year: 1972
Country: US
Run Time: 93 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG
Plot
Though it sometimes looks like a TV "Movie of the Week' deflected to big screen, You'll Like My Mother is all in all a neat little nailbiter with a strong cast. Pregnant army widow Francesca Kinsolving (Patty Duke), conditioned by her late husband to expect a warm welcome, visits her in-laws in snowbound Minnesota. Mother-in-law Rosemary Murphy is not only resentful of Patty's presence, she refuses to acknowledge fact that her son ever married. There are other surprises in store for Francesca, including a homicidal son-in-law Richard Thomas and a mentally-challenged sister-in-law Sian Barbara Allen. In addition, Francesca's mother-in-law harbors a "little" secret: she's not Patty's real mother-in-law at all, but a scheming aunt who wants to inherit family fortune and wants no inconvenient relatives blocking her path. Slowly and deliberately, terror builds upon terror, right up to the bone-chilling finale. Jo Heims adapted the script from a Naomi A. Hintze novel. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Harold Congdon - Man; James Glazman - Breadman; James Neumann - Joey
Credit
William D. de Cinces - Art Director, Floyd Joyer - First Assistant Director, Lamont Johnson - Director, Edward M. Abroms - Editor, Charles A. Pratt - Executive Producer, Gil Melle - Composer (Music Score), Jack A. Marta - Cinematographer, Vincent Saizis - Cinematographer, Mort Briskin - Producer, Waldon O. Watson - Sound/Sound Designer, Melvin M. Metcalfe Sr. - Sound/Sound Designer, Jo Heims - Screenwriter, Naomi A. Hintze - Book Author
