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Hungry Wives (1972) -- A bored, unhappy suburban housewife gets mixed up in witchcraft and murder.

Overview

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Director:
George A. Romero
Writer:
George A. Romero (writer)
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Release Date:
18 April 1973 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Horror more
Tagline:
Every Night is Halloween.
Plot:
A bored, unhappy suburban housewife gets mixed up in witchcraft and murder. full summary | full synopsis
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Stars comments on the comments more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Jan White ... Joan Mitchell
Raymond Laine ... Gregg Williamson (as Ray Laine)
Ann Muffly ... Shirley Randolph
Joedda McClain ... Nikki Mitchell
Bill Thunhurst ... Jack Mitchell
Neil Fisher ... Dr. Miller
Esther Lapidus ... Sylvia
Dan Mallinger ... Sergeant Frazer
Daryl Montgomery ... Larry
Ken Peters ... John Fuller
Shirlee Strasser ... Grace
Robert Trow ... Detective Mills (as Bob Trow)
Jean Wechsler ... Gloria
Charlotte Carter ... Mary
Linda Creagan ... Patty
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Jack's Wife (UK)
Season of the Witch (USA) (video title)
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Runtime:
130 min | UK:104 min | USA:89 min (edited version)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Company:
Latent Image more

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Quotes:
Jack: Your own goddamned daughter, balled in the next room and you go with it. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Digging Up the Dead: The Lost Films of George A. Romero (2005) (V) more
Soundtrack:
Season of the Witch more

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13 out of 14 people found the following comment useful:-
Stars comments on the comments, 2 April 2006
Author: janinawht from New York, NY USA

Hi everyone, I'm Jan White and I starred in this little opus 35 years ago. Just want to comment on a few of your comments and add a little info that I know.

1. I am not sure if that was Marilyn Eastman because I don't think I ever knew full names of two of these gals playing cards.

2. I wish I too knew what happened to Joedda she was a lovely girl.

3. The Title of "Season of the Witch" was given to "Jacks Wife" aka "Hungary Wives" because of the featured Donovan song in the film. Not to compete with "Halloween." My film came out first with the name, I remember when I heard the subtitle of "Halloween" I couldn't believe they would use the same name as my film.

4. I am not a teckie, so don't know all the technical things your talking about. I did lend Anchor Bay the 16 mm print I have of the original release of "Hungary Wives" which was the first release of the film and it is 98 minutes long. I have never seen a longer version and to my knowledge it does not exist. This DVD release is longer I believe, because they took a few clips they found and patched them in.

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