Stand Up and Be Counted

May 1, 1972

1h 39m

★ 7.0

From Adam's Rib to Women's Lib... baby, we've come a long long way!

Overview

Sheila is a newspaper reporter who returns to her home town in order to write an article about the progress of the liberation of the women. Arriving at the town she is very surprised to see that her sister and also her mother agree very much with the feministic arguments.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Frankovich Productions

Columbia Pictures

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Cast

Sheila Hammond

Jacqueline Bisset

Yvonne Kellerman

Stella Stevens

Gary McBride

Steve Lawrence

Eliot Travis

Gary Lockwood

Karen Hammond

Lee Purcell

Hilary McBride

Loretta Swit

Lou Kellerman

Héctor Elizondo

Mabel Hammond

Anne Francine

Gloria Seagar

Madlyn Rhue

Jerry Kamanski

Alex Wilson

Playboy Speaker

Michael Ansara

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