Revenge of the Stepford Wives (1980)

A TV reporter arrives in Stepford to do a story on the American town with the lowest crime and divorce rates and the tightest real-estate market (no one ever leaves). She needs an assistant... See full summary »

Director:

Robert Fuest

Writers:

Ira Levin (novel), David Wiltse

Stars:

Sharon Gless, Julie Kavner, Audra Lindley

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sharon Gless	...	Kaye Foster
Julie Kavner	...	Megan Brady
Audra Lindley	...	Barbara Parkinson
Don Johnson	...	Officer Andy Brady
Mason Adams	...	Wally
Arthur Hill	...	Dale 'Diz' Corbett
Ellen Weston	...	Kitten
Thomas Hill	...	Dr. Edgar Trent
Gay Rowan	...	Angelina
James MacKrell	...	Bruce Manson (as Jim McKrell)
Lee Warrick	...	Sally Tarshis (as Lee Benard)
Ed Bell	...	Gary Tarshis (as Edward Bell)
Sheldon Feldner	...	Norman Kahn
Howard Witt	...	Police Chief
Peter Maloney	...	Henry the Druggist

Storyline

A TV reporter arrives in Stepford to do a story on the American town with the lowest crime and divorce rates and the tightest real-estate market (no one ever leaves). She needs an assistant, and after interviewing the seemingly-plastic women of Stepford, jumps at the chance to hire the down-to-earth Megan, who's married to a newly-hired cop who hasn't yet moved into the town. Four times a day a siren sounds and every woman in town takes a pill (they each claim it's a thyroid condition). Accidents start to happen, Megan disappears for a couple of days, and the reporter realizes something is amiss. When Megan returns as a full-fledged Stepford wife, it's time for action.

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Plot Keywords:

second part | reporter | suburb | husband wife relationship | family relationships | 

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Taglines:

'Til death do us part.

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Genres:

Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 October 1980 (USA)

Also Known As:

Electric Police

Filming Locations:

Santa Anita Depot, Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden - 301 N. Baldwin Avenue, Arcadia, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Edgar J. Scherick Associates

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Referenced in Queer as Folk: Move and Leave (2005)

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Soundtracks

Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93
(uncredited)
Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Conducted by János Ferencsik

User Reviews

Revenge Of THE STEPFORD WIVES {TV} (Robert Fuest, 1980) **1/2

A lady TV reporter (Sharon Gless) arrives in Stepford to hold a survey on its standing as the perfect American community. The concept of the 'makeover' is curiously (and implausibly) reworked here, events play out more like a straight thriller this time around and the look, as befits its small-screen origins, is even blander than before – if still somewhat surprising given the involvement of such a visual stylist as British director Fuest! Nevertheless, the end result proves reasonably effective, with the climactic uprising – against the returning Patrick O'Neal character from the original (here played by Arthur Hill) – agreeably riffing on "The Island of Dr. Moreau". The oddly battered print (for such a relatively recent movie) I watched not only bore hardcoded Dutch subtitles but also the abysmal and misleading video-generated re-titling of TERROR IN NEW YORK – a remnant of the VHS days that also deceitfully highlights the presence within of Don Johnson (then riding high on the success of TV's Miami VICE) in the role of an initially compliant but eventually rebellious cop on its videotape sleeve!