A lurid, searing melodrama of ill-fated lust and sexual repression set against a backdrop of American racism. Based on a novel by Pulitzer Prize winning playwright William Inge (PICNIC, SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS) -- but this ain’t no picnic.
Set in the small town of Freedom, Kansas in 1954, GOOD LUCK, MISS WYCKOFF stars Anne Heywood (THE FOX) as a virginal high-school teacher who learns she’s started early menopause. Feeling hopeless and isolated, she is advised by her doctor (Robert Vaughn!) and psychiatrist (Donald Pleasance!) to find a lover. In the vein of LOOKING FOR MR. GOODBAR, this results in a series of brutal and horrifying events...