Cactus Flower
The prickly stage success that convulsed audiences around the world... with all its barbed wit and the sharpest comedy cast of the year!
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12/16/1969Runtime
103 minsOverview
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.
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ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$3,000,000Revenue
$25,800,000Homepage
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A frothy romantic comedy where a tangle of deceptions and misunderstandings unravels into genuine affection. It's the kind of lighthearted farce where everyone's pretense eventually crumbles into honesty.
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Walter Matthau
Dr. Julian Winston
Ingrid Bergman
Stephanie Dickinson
Goldie Hawn
Toni Simmons
Jack Weston
Harvey Greenfield
Rick Lenz
Igor Sullivan
Vito Scotti
Señor Arturo Sánchez
Irene Hervey
Mrs. Durant
Eve Bruce
Georgia
Irwin Charone
Record Store Manager
Matthew Saks
Nephew
Linda Burton
Waitress (uncredited)
Hy Chase
1st Waiter (uncredited)
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