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An aging widow hides a deadly secret which she will do anything to keep buried.An aging widow hides a deadly secret which she will do anything to keep buried.An aging widow hides a deadly secret which she will do anything to keep buried.
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- Lee H. Katzin
- Bernard Girard(uncredited)
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- TriviaThe third installment in Robert Aldrich's loose trilogy of "Grand Guignol" films (horror-thrillers featuring older women going crazy), following What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) and Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964). Aldrich served as producer for this film.
- GoofsIn the beginning when Claire Marrable is talking to her husband's lawyer, a mirror hangs on the wall. Right after she gets up and walks over to it, a crew member carrying a camera can be seen.
- Quotes
Claire Marrable: You are the only mistake I made.
Alice Dimmock: Didn't you ever think you'd be found out?
Claire Marrable: No and I won't be.
Alice Dimmock: Giving yourself away like that...
Claire Marrable: To you? You are a dead woman.
Alice Dimmock: Oh no, I'm alive. See, I'm very much alive. And I'm not gonna be your next victim.
- ConnectionsReferenced in The Dick Cavett Show: Woody Allen/Ruth Gordon/Gina Lollobridgida (1969)
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''What a fraud you are!''
Not-so-grieving widow Claire Marrable is horrified to hear that her supposedly wealthy husband has apparently left her penniless. But, being a practical (and resourceful) type, she hits on a scheme to keep her in the comfort to which she wishes to become accustomed. Relocating to the Arizona desert, she hires elderly housekeepers with no known relatives (but tidy nest eggs) and sends them to their rewards a bit sooner than they planned. And their remains become mulch for the widow's growing garden as each is buried under a quickly flourishing sapling. This later entry in the "horror hag" sweepstakes features absolutely wonderful performances from Geraldine Page, who has a high old time as the haughty, demented and thoroughly relentless Mrs. Marrable, and Ruth Gordon, as Alice Dimmock, her new housekeeper, who isn't quite what she seems to be. On the sidelines are Rosemary Forsyth, herself a (young) widow with a nephew, Robert Fuller as Miss Gordon's nephew, and Joan Huntington as the scheming wife of Page's nephew. With a cast made up of widows and nephews, how scary can "Aunt Alice" be? Not very. But it's a delicious black comedy which allows Page and Gordon the opportunity to give the performances of their lives. There's also a neat cameo from Mildred Dunnock ("Death Of A Salesman") as the luckless servant who precedes Miss Gordon. One of the best "Grand Guignol" films ever made!
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- Runtime1 hour 41 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1
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By what name was What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? (1969) officially released in Canada in English?
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