A Knife for the Ladies (1974)

A Knife for the Ladies: Directed by Larry G. Spangler. With Jack Elam, Ruth Roman, Jeff Cooper, John Kellogg. A private detective travels out west to investigate the murders of several prostitutes, facing off against the reluctance of the town’s grizzled sheriff, and several suspicious characters, each with something to hide.

“Does this movie wanna be a western, giallo, comedy, mystery, or what? This movie fails in every genre. If itu0026#39;s trying to be a western, it fails entirely because the detectiveu0026#39;s 70s hairstyle, clothes, and mannerisms will completely jar viewers out of the western setting. If itu0026#39;s trying to be a giallo, it failed because most of the movie is nonsensical filler that distracts from the killings. If it was trying to be comedy, I didnu0026#39;t find anything intentionally funny, even by 70s standards. If itu0026#39;s trying to be a mystery, it fails because the movie gets so boring by the halfway mark that I fell asleep. I woke up exactly when the killer was revealed, right at the end. When the killer was revealed, I thought, u0026quot;This movie is still on?u0026quot; because by that point I had lost so much interest in the movie I decided to go to bed rather than waste time rewatching scenes I fell asleep during. In fact, I turned it off before the credits rolled.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBoring, boring, boring, even by 70s standards. Boring characters where I didnu0026#39;t care who lived and who died. A western setting that is painfully obvious itu0026#39;s a movie set. And decided lack of tension or suspense in a movie that touts itself as a murder mystery. All in all, if you wanna fall asleep, put this crap on. If you wanna watch something even the tiniest bit memorable, donu0026#39;t bother with this.”