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Screenplay I. A. L. Diamond
Director Gene Saks

Cactus Flower

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

Release Date: 1969-12-16

Duration: 103 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Goldie Hawn
    Toni Simmons
  • Walter Matthau
    Dr. Julian Winston
  • Ingrid Bergman
    Stephanie Dickinson
  • Matthew Saks
    Nephew
  • Jack Weston
    Harvey Greenfield
  • Irene Hervey
    Mrs. Durant
  • Rick Lenz
    Igor Sullivan
  • Vito Scotti
    Señor Arturo Sánchez
  • Irwin Charone
    Record Store Manager
  • Eve Bruce
    Georgia