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Cactus Flower
A dentist pretends to be married to avoid commitment, but when he falls for his girlfriend and proposes, he must recruit his lovelorn nurse to pose as his wife.
1969 · Directed by Gene Saks · 103 min · Comedy · Romance · 11 frames
Tagline
The prickly stage success that convulsed audiences around the world... with all its barbed wit and the sharpest comedy cast of the year!
Crew
- Screenplay: I. A. L. Diamond
- Cinematography: Charles Lang
- Edited by: Maury Winetrobe
- Music: Quincy Jones
- Production design: Robert Clatworthy
- Produced by: M.J. Frankovich
Cast
- Walter Matthau as Dr. Julian Winston
- Ingrid Bergman as Stephanie Dickinson
- Goldie Hawn as Toni Simmons
- Jack Weston as Harvey Greenfield
- Rick Lenz as Igor Sullivan
- Vito Scotti as Señor Arturo Sanchez
- Irene Hervey as Mrs. Durant
- Eve Bruce as Georgia
- Irwin Charone as Mr. Shirley - Record Store Manager
- Matthew Saks as Miss Dickinson's Nephew
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Frankovich Productions, Columbia Pictures
- Budget: $3,000,000
- Box office: $25,800,000
- Themes: nurse, mine, lovelorn
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