ABC Movie of the Week/Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate

Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
Airdate	November 9, 1971
Written by	John D.F. Black
Directed by	Ted Post
Network	ABC
Style	90-minute mystery thriller comedy
Company	American Broadcasting Company Lee Rich Productions
Origin	USA

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Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate (1971) is a TV movie about four elderly women who create a dating profile as a joke and attract a serial killer. It aired as part of the ABC Movie of the Week.

Although stars Helen Hayes and Mildred Natwick would later be reunited as elderly detectives in The Snoop Sisters movies which aired as part of The NBC Mystery Movie, the series has no other apparent connection to this film.

Cast: Helen Hayes (Sophie Tate Curtis), Vince Edwards (Mal Weston), Myrna Loy (Evelyn Tryon), Mildred Natwick (Shelby Saunders), Sylvia Sidney (Elizabeth Gibson), John Beradino (Det. Hallum), Larry D. Mann (Sgt. Lutz), Barbara Davis (Brenda), Paul Smith (Cutler), Gary Vinson (Jonas), Diane Shalet (Ruth Mellon), Nora Denney (Trudy), Patrecia Wynand (Hostess), Leonidas Ossetynski (Florist), John Mitchum (Mr. Tubbs), Margaret Wheeler (Mrs. Mellon), Joe Haworth (Detective), William Sumper (Man in Handcuffs)

Awards and Accolades

Emmys

(1 Nomination)

• Nominated: Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

Helen Hayes