Cactus Flower (1969)

  • PG
  • 12/16/1969 (US)
  • Comedy, Romance
  • 1h 43m

The prickly stage success that convulsed audiences around the world... with all its barbed wit and the sharpest comedy cast of the year!

Overview

Distraught when her middle-aged lover breaks a date with her, 21-year-old Toni Simmons attempts suicide. Impressed by her action, her lover, dentist Julian Winston reconsiders marrying Toni, but he worries about her insistence on honesty. Having fabricated a wife and three children, Julian readily accepts when his devoted nurse, Stephanie, who has secretly loved Julian for years, offers to act as his wife and demand a divorce.

I. A. L. Diamond

Screenplay

Gene Saks

Director

Cast

Walter Matthau's headshot

Walter Matthau

Dr. Julian Winston
Ingrid Bergman's headshot

Ingrid Bergman

Stephanie Dickinson
Goldie Hawn's headshot

Goldie Hawn

Toni Simmons
Jack Weston's headshot

Jack Weston

Harvey Greenfield
Rick Lenz's headshot

Rick Lenz

Igor Sullivan
Vito Scotti's headshot

Vito Scotti

Señor Arturo Sánchez
Irene Hervey's headshot

Irene Hervey

Mrs. Durant
Eve Bruce's headshot

Eve Bruce

Georgia

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