The Chapman Report (1962)

Based on the best-selling novel by Irving Wallace that was inspired by the Kinsey Report on the sexual mores of suburban women, the film follows the personal (read sexual) lives of four ... See full summary »

Director:

George Cukor

Writers:

Wyatt Cooper (screenplay), Don Mankiewicz (screenplay),

Stars:

Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Jane Fonda, Claire Bloom

Nominated for 4 Golden Globes.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Efrem Zimbalist Jr.	...	Paul Radford
Jane Fonda	...	Kathleen Barclay
Claire Bloom	...	Naomi Shields
Shelley Winters	...	Sarah Garnell
Glynis Johns	...	Teresa Harnish
Ray Danton	...	Fred Linden
Ty Hardin	...	Ed Kraski
Andrew Duggan	...	Dr. George C. Chapman
John Dehner	...	Geoffrey Harnish
Harold J. Stone	...	Frank Garnell
Corey Allen	...	Wash Dillon
Jennifer Howard	...	Grace Waterton
Cloris Leachman	...	Miss Selby
Chad Everett	...	Bob Jensen, Water Delivery Boy
Henry Daniell	...	Dr. Jonas

Storyline

Based on the best-selling novel by Irving Wallace that was inspired by the Kinsey Report on the sexual mores of suburban women, the film follows the personal (read sexual) lives of four women (Claire Bloom, Jane Fonda, Shelley Winters and Glynis Johns) with four separate sexual hangups, ranging from frigidity to nymphomania. Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. plays a research psychologist who becomes entangled with Fonda, the young woman suffering from emotional frigidity.

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Plot Keywords:

medical | man in swimsuit | sex | sexual exploitation | bare chested male | 

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Taglines:

The personal story behind a sex survey ... from the controversial best selling novel.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 October 1962 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Vida Íntima de Quatro Mulheres

Filming Locations:

Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Darryl F. Zanuck Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

125 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

According to pre-production blurbs in the LA Times, Orson Welles was initial choice to play the title sex researcher (a role that ultimately went to Andrew Duggan), with Janet Leigh and Jayne Mansfield named as two of the female leads.

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Quotes

Naomi Shields: Feed the dog...

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Connections

Referenced in Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck (2013)

User Reviews

More an expose of its director's proclivities than an expose.

When I saw this during its theatrical release, primarily because I was a fan of the Misses Glynis Johns and Claire Bloom, though I'd been forewarned by reviewers that it was just as trashy as its best-selling source, I was somewhat appalled that the esteemed George Cukor had consented to direct it. Hindsight tells us that it may have been the numerous young hunks in the cast who ensnared that Hollywood master's interest in assuming the directorial reins. (His personal preferences were not as widely known, outside of Hollywood's insiders, anyway, at the time of this film's production.) Glynis gives it a lively go but the rest of the cast would probably prefer that we not remember their participation in this embarrassing dud. I think I saw it as part of a double feature (Those were the days!), and though I don't remember its companion at that viewing, I suspect I found it somewhat more worth the price of admission.