Cactus Flower (1969)


Cactus Flower
Release Date16 December 1969
Budget$3,000,000
Tagline'Cactus Flower' Has Flower Power
GenreComedy, Romance
CountryUSA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixMono
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassRomantic Comedy
MoodIn the Mood for Love, Pick-Me-Ups
ThemesOpposites Attract, Workplace Romance
TonesHumorous, Light, Madcap, Sweet, Warm, Literate
TagsDentist, Employer/employee, Free Spirit, Girlfriend, Love, Mid Life Crisis, Mistress, Receptionist, Romance, Secretary

Cactus Flower is a 1969 comedic film directed by Gene Saks and starring Walter Matthau, Ingrid Bergman, and Goldie Hawn, who won an Oscar for her performance. The screenplay was adapted by I. A. L. Diamond from a Broadway stage play written by Abe Burrows, which in turn was based upon the French play Fleur de cactus. The film was the seventh highest grossing film of 1970.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Dr. Julian Winston

Stephanie Dickinson

Toni Simmons

Harvey Greenfield

Rick Lenz
Igor Sullivan

Señor Arturo Sánchez

Mrs. Durant

Eve Bruce
Georgia

Irwin Charone
Record Store Manager

Matthew Saks
Nephew

Linda Burton
Waitress

Hy Chase
1st Waiter

Don Furneaux
Parcel Post Man

Tani Guthrie
Record Store Customer

Lee Harris
3rd Waiter

Merriana Henriq
Waitress

Peter Morrison Jacobs
Bearded Young Man

Rick Lamson
Maitre D'

Mary Jane Mangler
Dancer

Barbara Randolph
Cigarette Girl

Ralph Roberts
4th Waiter

Lucy Saroyan
Dancer

Bob Stiles
2nd Waiter

Sylvia Stone
Gray-Haired Woman

George Winters
Mail Boy

Director

Writer

Pierre Barillet

Jean-Pierre Grédy

I.A.L. Diamond

Producer

producer

Original Music

Cinematographer

Editor

Maury Winetrobe
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Production Designer

Robert Clatworthy
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Set Decorator

Edward G. Boyle

Costume Designer

Makeup Department

John O'Gorman
makeup supervisor: Ingrid Bergman

Production Manager

William O'Sullivan
executive production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

assistant director

Art Department

Max Frankel
property master

Sound Department

Whitey Ford
sound

Arthur Piantadosi
sound

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Guy C. Verhille
wardrobe: men

Editorial Department

Abe Lincoln Jr.
assistant editor

Other Crew

stage producer: New York stage

Miriam Nelson
choreographer

Production Company

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Frankovich Productions

Distributor

Columbia Pictures

National Broadcasting Company (NBC)

Miscellaneous

Sunset Gower Studios
sound stages






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