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3.9/10   95 votes
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Director:
George Schaefer
Writers:
Frank Slaughter (novel)
Daniel Taradash (writer)
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Release Date:
28 May 1971 (Finland) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
It started out as five love stories. It didn't end that way. more
Plot:
The wives of several high-powered doctors feel neglected due to their husbands' focus on their careers, so they embark on a regimen of sex, drugs and booze. | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Looks like a TV pilot. more (7 total)

Cast

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Dyan Cannon ... Lorrie Dellman

Richard Crenna ... Dr. Peter Brennan

Gene Hackman ... Dr. Dave Randolph

Carroll O'Connor ... Dr. Joe Gray
Rachel Roberts ... Della Randolph
Janice Rule ... Amy Brennan
Diana Sands ... Helen Straughn
Cara Williams ... Maggie Gray

Richard Anderson ... Dist. Atty. Douglas
Ralph Bellamy ... Jake Porter
John Colicos ... Dr. Mort Dellman
George Gaynes ... Paul McGill

Marian McCargo ... Elaine McGill
Scott Brady ... Sgt.Malloy
Kristina Holland ... Sybil Carter
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Runtime:
101 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Iceland:16 | Finland:K-16 | USA:R
Filming Locations:
San Diego, California, USA
Company:
Frankovich Productions more

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Soundtrack:
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Looks like a TV pilot., 14 July 2002
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Author: xfile1971 from Phoenix, AZ - USA

What would you get if you mixed two parts "ER" with two parts "Dynasty"? You might think that you would get something steamy yet emotionally intriguing. Instead, you might end up getting an awful medical melodrama called "Doctors' Wives".

I have never understood why any movie would have its most interesting character killed off in the first fifteen minutes. The one and only excusable circumstance would be if you show that character in a lot of flashbacks. That doesn't happen in this film and it suffers severely.

"Doctors' Wives" has the look and feel of a TV pilot. There really isn't much location shooting to speak of. Most of the film takes place in a hospital or at the characters' homes. The screenplay is much more interested in introducing a lot of characters to you rather than fleshing any of them out. As a movie, it is dull and laughable. As a TV pilot, it showed that it might have eventually become rather interesting. Or then again...maybe not. 1/10

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