Die Kaktusblüte (1969)
Julian Winston ist ein leichtlebiger Zahnarzt, dessen ausgeklügelter Lebensplan durch unvorhergesehene Ereignisse ins Wanken gerät. Er versucht, seine blonde Angebete, Toni, an der Nase herumzuführen, indem er ihr vorschwindelt, er sei verheiratet und habe Kinder. Als er erfährt, dass Toni seinetwegen Selbstmord begehen wollte, verspricht er, sie zu heiraten. Toni möchte aber nicht als Ehezerstörerin angesehen werden und besteht darauf, erst seine Frau zu sprechen. In seiner Not bittet Winston, seine seriöse und ernsthafte Sprechstundenhilfe Stephanie seine Frau zu spielen. Der Auftakt zu einer Serie der komischen Ereignisse...
Der Regisseur:
Gene Saks
Der Autor:
I. A. L. Diamond
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Walter Matthau as Julian Winston |
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Ingrid Bergman as Stephanie Dickinson |
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Goldie Hawn as Toni Simmons |
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Jack Weston as Harvey Greenfield |
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Rick Lenz as Igor Sullivan |
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Vito Scotti as Senor Sanchez |
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Irene Hervey as Mrs. Durant |
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Eve Bruce as Georgia |
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Irwin Charone as Store Manager |
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Matthew Saks as Nephew |
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Linda Burton as Waitress (uncredited) |
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Hy Chase as 1st Waiter (uncredited) |
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Nick Borgani as Bar Patron (uncredited) |
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Robert Buckingham as Club Patron (uncredited) |
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Charles Cirillo as Club Patron (uncredited) |
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Mwako Cumbuka as Man Dancing in Club (uncredited) |
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Charles Fogel as Restaurant Patron (uncredited) |
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Don Furneaux as Parcel Post Man (uncredited) |
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Tani Guthrie as Record Store Customer (uncredited) |
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Lee Harris as Third Waiter (uncredited) |
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Merriana Henriq as Waitress (uncredited) |
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Peter Morrison Jacobs as Bearded Young Man (uncredited) |
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Rick Lamson as Maitre D' (uncredited) |
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Mary Jane Mangler as Dancer (uncredited) |
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Barbara Randolph as Cigarette Girl (uncredited) |
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Ralph Roberts as Fourth Waiter (uncredited) |
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Lucy Saroyan as Dancer (uncredited) |
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George Simmons as Club Patron (uncredited) |
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Bob Stiles as Second Waiter (uncredited) |
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Sylvia Stone as Gray-Haired Woman (uncredited) |
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George Winters as Mail Boy (uncredited) |
| Writing | Abe Burrows | Theatre Play |
| Writing | Jean-Pierre Grédy | Theatre Play |
| Writing | I. A. L. Diamond | Screenplay |
| Writing | Pierre Barillet | Theatre Play |
| Directing | Gene Saks | Director |
| Editing | Maury Winetrobe | Editor |
| Art | Robert Clatworthy | Production Design |
| Production | M.J. Frankovich | Producer |
| Sound | Quincy Jones | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Edward G. Boyle | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Moss Mabry | Costume Design |
| Camera | Charles Lang | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Anthony Ray | Assistant Director |
| Crew | Miriam Nelson | Choreographer |
| Costume & Make-Up | John O'Gorman | Makeup Supervisor |
| Sound | Whitey Ford | Sound |
| Sound | Arthur Piantadosi | Sound |
