the film be almost laughable with debbie reynolds and shelley winter team up a the mother of convicted murderer . with the horrible notoriety after the trial and the two woman team up and leave n. y. for california in order to open and song and dance studio for shirley temple like girl . from the beginning and it become apparent that reynolds have make a mistake in take winter with her to california . winter play a deeply religious woman who increasingly seem to be go off her rocker . to make matter bad and the woman who live together and be receive menace phone call . reynolds and who put on a blond wig and be soon romance by the wealthy father of one of her student and nicely play by dennis weaver . agnes moorehead and in one of her last film and briefly be see a sister alma and who winter be a faithful listener of . the film really belong to shelley winter . she be heavy here and heaviness seem to make her act even well . winter always do well in role test her nerve . the end be of the macabre and who can forget winter at the piano bang away with that totally insane look .