Directed by Leonard Kastle • 1969 • United States
Starring Shirley Stoler, Tony Lo Bianco,
Martha Beck (Shirley Stoler) is sullen, overweight, and lonely. Desperate for affection, she joins Aunt Carrie’s Friendship Club and strikes up a correspondence with Ray Fernandez (Tony Lo Bianco), a charismatic smooth talker who could be the man of her dreams—or a degenerate con artist. Based on a shocking true story and shot in documentary-style black and white by the confident and inspired Leonard Kastle, in what would be his only foray into filmmaking, THE HONEYMOON KILLERS is a stark portrayal of the desperate lengths to which a lonely heart will go to find true love.
Directed by Leonard Kastle • 1969 • United States
Martha Beck (Shirley Stoler) is sullen, overweight, and lonely. Desperate for affection, she joins Aunt Carrie's Friendship Club and strikes up a correspondence with Ray Fernandez (Tony Lo Bianco), a charismatic smooth talker who could be the man...
This interview with THE HONEYMOON KILLERS writer-director Leonard Kastle was produced in the spring of 2003.
This 2014 program features interviews with THE HONEYMOON KILLERS actors Tony Lo Bianco and Marilyn Chris and editor Stan Warnow.
This video essay was written by Scott Christianson, author of “Condemned: Inside the Sing Sing Death House.” It includes rare photos, clippings, and documents from Martha Beck and Ray Fernandez’s trial and incarceration.
