Cactus Flower Summary
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Gene Saks
Genres: Comedy
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Goldie_Hawn won an Oscar for her performance as a Greenwich Village free spirit in Cactus Flower. Middle-aged dentist Winston (Walter_Matthau) is enjoying an affair with Toni (Goldie_Hawn) but doesn't want to be hemmed in by marriage. He prevails upon his non-glamorous assistant Stephanie (Ingrid_Bergman) to pose as his wife so as to keep from campaigning for a ring. Then, to justify his "infidelity," Winston talks his pal (Jack_Weston) into pretending to be Stephanie's illicit lover. Flattered by all the attention, Stephanie begins to "doll up." Confronted by a newly gorgeous Stephanie, Winston realizes that his Dream Girl has been right there in his office all along. As for Toni, she ends up in the arms of a writer (Rick_Lenz), who has loved her since Reel One. Cactus Flower was adapted by Billy_Wilder's frequent collaborator I.A.L. Diamond from the play by Abe_Burrows -- which in turn was adapted from a French farce. Hal Erickson, Rovi
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