Cactus Flower

Dec 16, 1969

1h 43m

★ 7.1

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

Overview

A dentist pretends to be married to avoid commitment, but when he falls for his girlfriend and proposes, he must recruit his lovelorn nurse to pose as his wife.

Genres

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

Frankovich Productions

Columbia Pictures

Cactus Flower Trailers

Cast

Dr. Julian Winston

Walter Matthau

Stephanie Dickinson

Ingrid Bergman

Toni Simmons

Goldie Hawn

Harvey Greenfield

Jack Weston

Igor Sullivan

Rick Lenz

Señor Arturo Sánchez

Vito Scotti

Mrs. Durant

Irene Hervey

Georgia

Eve Bruce

Record Store Manager

Irwin Charone

Nephew

Matthew Saks

Waitress (uncredited)

Linda Burton

1st Waiter (uncredited)

Hy Chase

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6.1

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7.3

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6.6

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Feb 4, 1970

Martha Beck, an obese nurse who is desperately lonely, joins a "correspondence club" and finds a romantic pen pal in Ray Fernandez. Martha falls hard for Ray, and is intent on sticking with him even when she discovers he's a con man who seduces lonely single women, kills them and then takes their money. She poses as Ray's sister and joins Ray on a wild killing spree, fueled by her lingering concern that Ray will leave her for one of his marks.

5.0

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5.2

The Sensuous Nurse

Dec 19, 1975

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7.0

Bad Boy Bubby

Sep 1, 1993

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6.2

Greedy

Mar 4, 1994

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2.0

Hakui kankin

Aug 24, 1985

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0.0

Weder-weder lang 'yan

Nov 24, 1999

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6.0

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7.0

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7.4

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