The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag

The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag is a 1992 American screwball comedy film about an ignored, small-town librarian who confesses to a murder she didn't commit to get attention.
 * Directed by Allan Moyle. Written by Grace Cary Bickley.

She was a nobody until someone found... (taglines)

Betty Lou

 * Look at this: Barry Manilow, Debbie Boone, Paul Anka in Vegas. This guy deserved to be shot.

Ann Orkin

 * Am I supposed to feel sorry for you? If you're unhappy, drink. Get laid. See a shrink like normal people.


 * Eight years I went to law school. Three times I took the bar. I finally get a client and my client is a lunatic.

Alex

 * You can have the house, the furniture. I don't want anything. Except Scarlett. I want the fucking dog.

Dialogue

 * Betty Lou: Why is it so hard to believe, that I might be exciting to other men? People have affairs. People have lovers. Why not me, Alex?
 * Alex: Because I never did. I never had anyone but you.
 * Betty Lou: You had everyone but me. You had Frank, and the boys, and the force and the bars and the games.


 * Alex: You know my wife?
 * Reba: Yeah.
 * Alex: How do you know she like gone with the wind?
 * Reba: She's a friend of mine.
 * Alex: Jesus, she knows everybody. Where the hell was I?
 * Reba: Well, sugar. I think that was a real good question.
 * Alex: What do you mean?
 * Reba: Where were you?

Taglines

 * She was a nobody until someone found...


 * The Notoriously Hilarious Comedy!

Cast

 * Penelope Ann Miller - Betty Lou Perkins
 * Julianne Moore - Elinor
 * Alfre Woodard - Ann Orkin
 * Cathy Moriarty - Reba
 * William Forsythe - Beaudeen
 * Eric Thal - Alex