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The Stepford Wives

  • 19751975
  • PGPG
  • 1h 55m
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6.9/10
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The Stepford Wives (1975)
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Joanna Eberhart has come to the quaint little town of Stepford, Connecticut with her family, but soon discovers there lies a sinister truth in the all too perfect behavior of the female resi... Read allJoanna Eberhart has come to the quaint little town of Stepford, Connecticut with her family, but soon discovers there lies a sinister truth in the all too perfect behavior of the female residents.Joanna Eberhart has come to the quaint little town of Stepford, Connecticut with her family, but soon discovers there lies a sinister truth in the all too perfect behavior of the female residents.
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
18K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
4,757
2,193
    • Bryan Forbes
    • Ira Levin(novel)
    • William Goldman(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Katharine Ross
    • Paula Prentiss
    • Peter Masterson
    • Bryan Forbes
    • Ira Levin(novel)
    • William Goldman(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Katharine Ross
    • Paula Prentiss
    • Peter Masterson
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    • 174User reviews
    • 70Critic reviews
    • 54Metascore
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    Katharine Ross
    Katharine Ross
    • Joanna Eberhart
    Paula Prentiss
    Paula Prentiss
    • Bobby Markowe
    Peter Masterson
    Peter Masterson
    • Walter Eberhart
    Nanette Newman
    Nanette Newman
    • Carol Van Sant
    Tina Louise
    Tina Louise
    • Charmaine Wimpiris
    Carol Eve Rossen
    Carol Eve Rossen
    • Dr. Fancher
    • (as Carol Rossen)
    William Prince
    William Prince
    • Ike Mazzard
    Carole Mallory
    Carole Mallory
    • Kit Sunderson
    Toni Reid
    • Marie Axhelm
    Judith Baldwin
    Judith Baldwin
    • Patricia Cornell
    Barbara Rucker
    • Mary Ann Stravros
    George Coe
    George Coe
    • Claude Axhelm
    Franklin Cover
    Franklin Cover
    • Ed Wimpiris
    Robert Fields
    Robert Fields
    • Raymond Chandler
    Michael Higgins
    Michael Higgins
    • Frank Cornell
    Josef Sommer
    Josef Sommer
    • Ted Van Sant
    • (as Josef Somer)
    Paula Trueman
    Paula Trueman
    • Welcome Wagon Lady
    Martha Greenhouse
    • Mrs. Kirgassa
      • Bryan Forbes
      • Ira Levin(novel)
      • William Goldman(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      Author Ira Levin was originally going to write this as a stage play, until he realized there were too many characters and opted to turn it into a novel instead, which the film was based on.
    • Goofs
      When Joanna takes Fred out for a walk, Walter calls the members of the men's association to check out the layout of the master bedroom. Among those who come to the house are Ed Wimpiris and the Reverend. We cut to Joanna on her walk outside the men's association building where a local police officer warns her about walking around at night, and Joanna heads home. Moments after she departs the frame, a car pulls out of the driveway driven by Ed Wimpiris with the Reverend as a passenger. Ed is shown to be a stunned, sweaty mess and the Reverend suggests letting him drive the car instead as Ed is "In no fit shape", the implication being Ed had taken his wife Charmaine to be "changed" that evening. Unless Ed and the Reverend had Stepford doubles of their own running around or Joanna was in the habit of walking Fred for hours on end, this would indicate they were in two places at once that evening.
    • Quotes

      Carol Van Sant: I'll just die if I don't get this recipe. I'll just die if I don't get this recipe. I'll just die if I don't get this recipe.

    • Connections
      Edited into Bride of Monster Mania (2000)

    User reviews174

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    7/10
    Heaps better than the remake
    I'm sure 'The Stepford Wives' spoke more to the audiences of 1975 than it does to the audiences of today, but this holds its own as decent, satisfying thriller. Really little more than a variation on 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers,' 'Stepford' follows that film's structure of slowly unspooling clues and suspicions and saving its bigger 'gotcha!' moments for the end. Katherine Ross was no doubt the star of this film, but Paula Prentiss really stood out for me. Gawky and enjoyable, she oddly predicted Geena Davis by a full generation. At one point in the film, my girlfriend commented of her wardrobe, 'Wow, can you imagine a grown woman today wearing a hot pant jumper?' The '70s… yikes!

    I had the misfortune of both seeing the remake of 'The Stepford Wives' before seeing the original and *actually seeing* the remake of 'The Stepford Wives.' If the original serves any purpose, it is to expose the remake for the gutless, toothless, anemic waste of everyone's time that it is. God, what a terrible movie
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    • dcshanno
    • Nov 19, 2004

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    • Release date
      • February 12, 1975 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Lockwood-Mathews Mansion - 295 West Avenue, Norwalk, Connecticut, USA
    • Production companies
      • Palomar Pictures International
      • Fadsin Cinema Associates
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    • 1 hour 55 minutes
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