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Director:
Writers:
Pierre Barillet (play) and
Jean-Pierre Grédy (play) ...
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Release Date:
16 December 1969 (USA) more
Tagline:
'Cactus Flower' Has Flower Power more
Plot:
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. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 2 wins & 6 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(3 articles)
Oscars quiz: Can you spot the only best actress nominee?
(From Gold Derby. 31 October 2009, 5:10 PM, PDT)
Matthau Estate In Battle Over Lost Cash
(From WENN. 8 May 2002)
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Classy comedy, unbeatable Bergman more (33 total)
Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Walter Matthau | ... | Dr. Julian Winston |
 | Ingrid Bergman | ... | Stephanie Dickinson |
 | Goldie Hawn | ... | Toni Simmons |
 | Jack Weston | ... | Harvey Greenfield |
| Rick Lenz | ... | Igor Sullivan |
| Vito Scotti | ... | Señor Arturo Sánchez |
| Irene Hervey | ... | Mrs. Durant |
 | Eve Bruce | ... | Georgia |
| Irwin Charone | ... | Record Store Manager |
| Matthew Saks | ... | Nephew |
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103 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Iceland:L | Australia:PG | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | UK:PG | USA:M (original rating) | USA:PG | West Germany:12
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Making this movie was the first time Ingrid Bergman had been on a Hollywood sound stage since the 1940s - all her subsequent films up to that point had been made in Europe, even those for American studios. more
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Continuity: Toward the end of the movie, when Nurse Dickinson is straightening the waiting room and Señor Sanchez enters, she has on dark shoes. In a subsequent shot, she has on white shoes. more
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Stephanie: [after putting the x-ray gun into place] Hold still, Señor Sánchez, or the basic woman is liable to x-ray your nose. more
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References Romeo and Juliet (1968/I) more
Soundtrack:
Star Spangled Banner more
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Ingrid Bergman, playing dentist Walter Matthau's faithful receptionist who harbors a little crush on her boss, is absolutely wonderful in this film. She handles the witty repartee in the script with aplomb and steals a terrific scene where she and Goldie Hawn talk in a record booth (Ingrid's monologue is a front, but her face tells you she believes in it with all her heart). Matthau is an odd choice for the leading man (he's too old for Goldie Hawn and too unrefined for Bergman, not to mention too unfocused to be a dentist), but I liked the way he tries hard to please Goldie and stumbles around trying to free himself from a lie. Hawn (who won a Supporting Oscar) is just as fresh and bubbly as she is today. This bedroom farce isn't terribly sophisticated (and faintly reminds one of "Any Wednesday" besides), but it's a welcome relief from the noisy, teen-oriented comedies they turn out today. "Cactus Flower" is a lovely sigh! *** from ****