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Who Killed Mary Whats'ername? is a film of genre Thriller directed by Ernest Pintoff released in USA on 11 december 1971 with Red Buttons
Who Killed Mary Whats'ername? (1971)
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Add to a movie listWho Killed Mary What's 'Er Name? (also known as Death of a Hooker) is a 1971 film starring comedian and actor Red Buttons and featuring Sylvia Miles, Conrad Bain, Alice Playten and Sam Waterston. Ernest Pintoff was the director, and Gary McFarland wrote the soundtrack music.
The plot centers around the murder of a prostitute in a crime-ridden low-income city neighborhood. Dismayed by the general indifference the police and neighbors show toward the murder, a resident who knew the prostitute sets out to do his own investigation of the case.
The film was rated PG despite the fact that it dealt with topics including prostitution and murder.
Since its original theatrical release, the film was only released on VHS (distributed by Video Gems in 1982), and is now out-of-print.
Actors
Red Buttons
(Mickey Isadore)
Sylvia Miles
(Christine)
Alice Playten
(Della Isador)
Conrad Bain
(Val Rooney)
Dick Anthony Williams
(Malthus)
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