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MPAA Rating: NR Content Advisory: Violence, Adult Situations Movie Release: 2002 DVD Release: 08/12/2003 Format: DVD - Color - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 36 mins Studio: PBS Home Video Members Wishing: 2 Genres: Thriller, Post-Noir (Modern Noir), Crime Thriller

Based on Peter Lovesey's novel -On the Edge, this British TV production is a comic variation on the old "exchange murder" device so beloved of writer Patricia Highsmith and filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock. Shortly after the end of WWII, old friends Antonia (Helen McCrory) and Rose (Fay Ripley) unexpectedly catch up with each other. Comparing notes, the ladies find that they're both mired in unhappy marriages. Since divorce is out of the question, Antonia and Rose enter into an agreement to do away with one another's husbands: In both cases, it will look like an accident, and how in the world could anyone find a link between the killings? Unfortunately, once the deeds are done, the "perfect" scheme begins to unravel thanks to Rose's cold feet and Antonia's eccentric approach to the art of murder. First seen in the U.K. on October of 2002, Dead Gorgeous was shown as part of the PBS anthology Mystery! on July 6, 2003. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Helen McCrory - Antonia Ashton
Fay Ripley - Rose Bell
Ron Cook - Hector
Lloyd Owen - Vic
Jonny Phillips - Wing Cmdr. Barry Bell

Based on Peter Lovesey's novel -On the Edge, this British TV production is a comic variation on the old "exchange murder" device so beloved by writer Patricia Highsmith and filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock. Shortly after the end of WWII, old friends Antonia (Helen McCrory) and Rose (Fay Ripley) unexpectedly catch up with each other. Comparing notes, the ladies find that they're both mired in unhappy marriages. Since divorce is out of the question, Antonia and Rose enter into an agreement to do away with one another's husbands: In both cases, it will look like an accident, and how in the world could anyone find a link between the killings? Unfortunately, once the deeds are done, the "perfect" scheme begins to unravel thanks to Rose's cold feet and Antonia's eccentric approach to the art of murder. First seen in the U.K. on October 2002, Dead Gorgeous was shown as part of the PBS anthology Mystery! on July 6, 2003. ~ All Movie Guide