The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1969 film)

The Girl Who Knew Too Much
The Girl Who Knew Too Much
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Francis Lyon
Written by	Charles Allen Wallace
Produced by	Earle Lyon
Starring	Adam West; Nancy Kwan; Nehemiah Persoff; Robert Alda; Buddy Greco
Edited by	Terry O. Morse
Music by	Joe Greene
Production; company	United Pictures Corporation
Release date	November 1969;
Running time	96 min.
Country	United States
Language	English

The Girl Who Knew Too Much is a 1969 neo noir film starring Adam West as Johnny Cain, a nightclub owner and former freelance adventurer who is forced out of retirement when a crime syndicate boss is murdered in his nightclub and investigations lead into unexpected areas. It was the final film of director Francis D. Lyon and United Pictures Corporation.

The film co-stars Nancy Kwan, Nehemiah Persoff, Robert Alda, Patricia Smith, David Brian, and noted jazz musician Buddy Greco as nightclub entertainer Albert "Lucky" Jones. The melodramatic promotional tagline of The Girl Who Knew Too Much was: "You have to be crazy or in love — to take on the syndicate!"

The film was intended to be a vehicle for Adam West to escape his Batman stereotype by playing a cynical, hard-edged tough guy. The movie's dialogue is typified by a scene between West's Cain and the boozy Mrs. Grinaldi played by Smith:

Mrs. Grinaldi: "And what do you do for a living, Mr. Cain?"

Cain: "I kill people, Mrs. Grinaldi."

The Girl Who Knew Too Much was not a box office success in theatrical release, but became a staple of late-night showings on WCBS-TV and other television stations in the early 1970s. It then disappeared for decades and was in danger of becoming a lost film. However, it finally appeared in a home video release that came on May 28, 2013, on Blu-ray and DVD.^[1]