Hollywood teaches us that the life in small towns can be so suffocating that some people there can go at extreme lengths to break the monotony. One of them is the protagonist of *The Gun in Betty Lou’s Handbag*, 1992 crime comedy directed by Allan Moyle. Betty Lou Perkins (played by Penelope Ann Miller) is a quiet, modest librarian in small Missouri town who is mostly ignored by everyone, including her husband Alex…





