Doris Roberts, Dortha Duckworth, Kip McArdle

Based on the true story of Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck, who met through a lonely-hearts correspondence club, Ray is weedy, feral, and untrustworthy; Martha is enormous, compulsive, and needy. To...( read more  read more... )gether, they play out a horrifying scheme in which he lures lonely women out on dates and proposes marriage to them, with she pretending to be his sister. They take the women's savings and then murder them remorselessly. Francois Truffaut named it as his favorite American film.

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R, 1 hr. 48 min.

Directed by: Leonard Kastle

Release Date: January 1, 1970

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DVD Release Date: July 22, 2003

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  • May 4, 2009
    Based on the true story of Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck (dubbed The Honeymoon Killers). Not every detail is completely accurate to the original story, however it appears to be a much more accurate portrayal than the later film released ?Lonely Hearts? (Salma Hayek and Jared...( read more) Leto).

    Shirley Stoler played her role well as she came across cold, calculating and insanely jealous.

    The quality of film appears to look older than it actually is and has a worn look in parts, it seems this is down to the very low budget involved in making the film. Having said that, you get used to the quality pretty fast and the interesting storyline emerges and is an interesting journey of two obsessed lovers on the road on a murdering rampage. .
  • January 19, 2007
    Even though it's kind of a low rent Bonnie and Clyde, it started off interesting enough, but the character of Martha really annoyed the piss out of me after a while. I heard Martin Scorsese was originally directing and it only had a budget of $150,000. Even though it fell short I...( read more) would really have loved to see what could have been.
  • October 30, 2009
    Compared to Lonely Hearts this movie was a masterpiece.This is the movie Lonely Hearts shouldve been.
  • September 18, 2009
    From ShellyLuca: "You must see this movie...it is one of a kind."
  • September 17, 2009
    This one is a real treat..... very, very cool., original and with a perfect black and white wash out photography, and very clever and well acted...John Watter's kind of atmosphere and characters.....sophisticatedly trashy..
  • November 10, 2008
    leonrad kastle only made one film of note and this is it. there are flaws, but only because of his almost non-existent budget. he takes the real-life story of two spree killers and their co-dependent relationship and makes it play like the world series. shirley stoler gives th...( read more)e career-defining performance as martha, second only to mme. falconetti in 'the passion of joan of arc'. and tony lo bianco gets his own career off to a great start as the sleazy ray fernandez. and if you look fast you can see doris roberts in a small role!
  • September 18, 2008
    Violenza iperrealistica per una storia cinica e agghiacciante. A pensare che questo film lo cominciň un giovane Scorsese che abbandonň il progetto. Strano che Kastel si sia fermato qui.
  • August 5, 2008
    This is the original film that is based on the Lonely Hearts Killers, Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck, who would exploit women through the Lonely Hearts Club in the 1940s, take their money, and kill them.

    The 2006 film Lonely Hearts is an updated version with Salma Hayek and...( read more) Jared Leto in the roles, which I want to see now, but I wanted to see the original first.

    The Honeymoon Killers is solid, but the truth of the lifes of the real people and the circumstances of the their upbringing and crimes is much more interesting than the movie lets on. I guess it had to be watered down for a 1969/1970 audience.

    The acting iswell done tho and the film interesting enough, especially for the time.
  • September 26, 2007
    brillant portal of the real life spree killings from the 1940's. the lead actress is one of the best i've ever seen. " i'm not sure hitler wasn't right aboutyou people
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  • July 6, 2007
    Would have been much better film with a stronger soundtrack.

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