Arthur, Arthur (1969)

Run Time - 90 min.  |   Countries - United Kingdom  |   MPAA Rating - PG
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson

Donald Pleasence, Shelley Winters, Tammy Grimes, and Terry-Thomas star in the obscure British black comedy Arthur!! Arthur? Pleasence plays a henpecked, introverted little nebbish, unhappily wed to Winters. Escaping into fantasy, Pleasence conjures up an extroverted alter-ego, which eventually overtakes his "real" self. Newly emboldened, he murders his wife, cashes in her insurance policies, and runs off with Grimes. But she proves a bit too clever for both of Pleasence's personalities.

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alter-ego, assumed-identity, daydream, husband-and-wife, murder