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Walter Matthau in: The Secret Life of an American Wife

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

with Anne Jackson, Patrick O'Neal.
Suburban housewife Victoria Layton feels that her routine life and staid marriage are making her boring and unattractive. Discovering that her husband occasionally procures 100-dollar call-girls for a famous movie star, she decides to enjoy herself and increase her pocket money - with both moving and richly comic results.
Walter Matthau gives a masterly performance as the women-weary 'movie star' and stage actress Anne Jackson makes one of her all-too-rare screen appearances as the adventurous American wife.
Films: page 116

Contributors

Written, produced and directed by:
George Axelrod
Movie Star:
Walter Matthau
Victoria Layton:
Anne Jackson
Tom Layton:
Patrick O'Neal
Suzie Steinberg:
Edy Williams
Howard:
Richard Bull
Herb Steinberg:
Paul Napier
Source: Radio Times

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