Underplayed Gems
The whole movie catalogue

Films and series, searchable by what they are

← Back to the shop

Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate (1971)

Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate poster
Directed by
Ted Post
Genre
mystery film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 13m
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Four elderly women create a fictional young woman for a personal ad to prank a friend. When they receive a response from a dangerous man, their joke turns into a serious threat.

gentlecleversuspensefulwittylightheartedplayfultenseretro

What happens

Do Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate is a 1971 American made-for-television mystery film directed by Ted Post, starring Myrna Loy, Helen Hayes, Mildred Natwick, Sylvia Sidney, John Beradino and Vince Edwards, with the screenplay adapted by John D. F. Black from a novel of the same name by Doris Miles Disney. It was broadcast as the ABC Movie of the Week on November 9, 1971. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.

Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers

Loading movies…

What should I watch?