| “ | Hold onto your fright wig, my love. It's very simple: I'm divorcing you. | ” |
| - Amanda Bastion |
- For the Movie Jo Night presentation, see MJN - The Snoop Sisters: A Black Day for Bluebeard.
The Snoop Sisters: A Black Day for Bluebeard is a 1974 episode of the TV mystery series The Snoop Sisters, about a pair of elderly sisters who write mystery novels.
Plot[]
Ernesta and Gwendolyn attend a revival screening of a horror movie starring Ernesta's old friend Michael Bastion. During the film, Michael's wealthy wife is murdered and he becomes the prime suspect. The sisters attempt to prove his innocence, but they gather more evidence that indicates that he is guilty.
Cast[]
- Helen Hayes - Ernesta Snoop
- Mildred Natwick - Gwendolyn Snoop Nicholson
- Lou Antonio - Barney
- Bert Convy - Lt. Steve Ostrowski
- Vincent Price - Michael Bastion
- Tammy Grimes - Amanda Bastion
- William Devane - David Prine
- Katherine Helmond - Cissy Prine
- Roddy McDowall - Lionel Standish
- David Huddleston - Arwin Shanks
- Angelo Rossitto - Little Igor
- Mort Sahl - Lawrence Fortescue
Notes[]
- Originally broadcast on March 19, 1974.
- The Snoop Sisters was part of the NBC Mystery Movie series, in which a number of different shows broadcast one new episode every four weeks (approximately). Other shows in the series included Columbo, McCloud, McMillan & Wife, Hec Ramsey, and Banacek.
- Most episodes of shows in the NBC Mystery Movie line-up were roughly feature-length. Some of them were given theatrical releases in countries outside the United States.
- This was the fifth and final new episode of The Snoop Sisters.
- This episode features a performance by Mort Sahl, a well-known topical comedian.
- One attendee at the film festival seems to be wearing a mask of the Metaluna Mutant from This Island Earth.
- Actors Vincent Price and Roddy McDowall had both played villains in the 1960s Batman TV series (Egghead and Bookworm, respectively).
- Katherine Helmond would go on to appear in the Terry Gilliam film Brazil, and co-star on the popular TV sitcom Who's the Boss. She also co-starred in the pilot for The Elvira Show (starring Elvira).
- The exterior of the Bastion home can also be seen in the film Legacy of Blood, which was used by Cinematic Titanic.
MST3K Connections[]
- Bert Convy also portrayed Tim Vernon in SST- Death Flight.
- Roddy McDowall also portrayed Dr. Mellon in Laserblast.
- Angelo Rossitto also portrayed Toby in The Corpse Vanishes and the second dwarf in The Magic Sword.
- Set decorator John McCarthy Jr. was also set decorator for Radar Men from the Moon, San Francisco International, and Kitten with a Whip.
- Unit manager Maurie M. Suess was also production manager for Mitchell.
- Post production operations head Charles Clement was also music editor for Earth vs the Spider, Teenage Cave Man, and War of the Colossal Beast, as well as post-production operations head for San Francisco International and Riding with Death.
- Stunt double Fred Lerner also portrayed a Jaguar boy in Girls Town.
- Editorial supervisor Richard Belding was also editorial supervisor for San Francisco International.
- Theme composer Henry Mancini was also composer for This Island Earth and The Thing That Couldn't Die as well as stock music composer for Kitten with a Whip, Revenge of the Creature, and The Deadly Mantis.
- Title designer Wayne Fitzgerald was also title designer for Mitchell and Kitten with a Whip.