The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (1972)

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Joanne Woodward	...	Beatrice
	Nell Potts	...	Matilda
	Roberta Wallach	...	Ruth
	Judith Lowry	...	Nanny
	David Spielberg	...	Mr. Goodman
	Richard Venture	...	Floyd
	Carolyn Coates	...	Mrs. McKay
	Will Hare	...	Junk Man
	Estelle Omens	...	Caroline
	Jess Osuna	...	Sonny
	Ellen Dano	...	Janice Vickery
	Lynne Rogers	...	Miss Hanley
	Roger Serbagi	...	Charlie
	John Lehne	...	Apartment Manager
	Michael Kearney	...	Chris Burns

Storyline

From the Pullizer Prize winning play by Paul Zindel, this is the story of Beatrice Hunsdorfer and her daughters, Ruth and Matilda. A middle-aged widowed eccentric, Beatrice is looking for her life in the classified ads while all about her is the rubble of an unkempt house. All she needs is the right opportunity, she says puffing on a cigarette. Poorly equipped to survive the vagaries of modern life, she has nonetheless always managed to muddle through. Ruth, epileptic and making her way through the rebellious phase of adolescence, seems doomed to make the same mistakes as her mother. Quiet Matilda, on the other hand, seeks refuge in her animals and her schoolwork. "Jesus, don't you hate the world, Matilda?" Beatrice asks her youngest daughter. The title of the film is also the subject of Matilda's science project at school and serves as a metaphor for the way life affects each of us differently... Written by Mark Fleetwood <mfleetwo@mail.coin.missouri.edu>  

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