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The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag
Betty Lou Perkins is a shy and meek librarian and nobody pay attention to her, in particular her husband, Alex. A criminal has been killed and she inadvertently find the murder gun. She wants to provide the trace to the police but no one listen to her, including her detective husband. In sheer frustration, she announces that she has committed the crime, which will cause troubles begin raising around her.
15 December 1955, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
23 March 1959, Miami, Florida, USA
15 July 1923, Pontotoc, Mississippi, USA
23 April 1942, Meridian, Mississippi, USA
24 August 1942, Missouri, USA
January 01, 2000
It's a bit like finding a severed head in an Easter basket.
July 11, 2014
Whether in Betty Lou's original demure guise or her subsequent glamorous transformation, Miller is convincing even when the movie isn't.
July 11, 2014
Penelope Ann Miller transcends her material in The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag, a half-baked Disney comedy that also half-benefits (the first half, to be exact) from the sly, subversive direction of Allen Moyle.
July 11, 2014
It just sort of limps along under the late-summer sun until, at last, its forced whimsy expires.
July 11, 2014
There is definitely a gun in Betty Lou's handbag, but is there a brain in Betty Lou's head?
January 01, 2000
The movie's a handbag full of formulaic fluff.
November 04, 2003
A little bit overrated, but fairly fun comedy.
March 26, 2009
A clever premise that ends up being as bland as its put-upon title character.
July 26, 2002
So darn innocuous it almost disappears.
July 11, 2014
The movie resorts to a mundane shoot-'em-up finale that leaves the viewer feeling cheated and betrays the movie's PG-13 rating.
July 11, 2014
There's nothing wrong with The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag that isn't wrong with about a thousand other commercially homogenized comedies of its kind.
