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A housewife with an abusive husband has an affair with a writer.A housewife with an abusive husband has an affair with a writer.A housewife with an abusive husband has an affair with a writer.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 6 wins & 9 nominations total
Donald Symington
- Pediatrician
- (as Don Symington)
Alley Mills
- Women's lib girl
- (as Allison Mills)
Alice Cooper
- Alice Cooper
- (as The Alice Cooper Band)
Michael Bruce
- Michael Bruce
- (as The Alice Cooper Band)
Glen Buxton
- Glen Buxton
- (as The Alice Cooper Band)
Dennis Dunaway
- Dennis Dunaway
- (as The Alice Cooper Band)
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- TriviaAccording to Carrie Snodgress, actor Richard Benjamin insisted that he and Carrie not have any interaction off-screen in order to have their onscreen tensions be more believable and authentic.
- Quotes
Jonathan Balser: How about a little roll in the hay?
- Alternate versionsOriginal version runs 104 minutes. Alternate TV version was prepared by director Frank Perry substituting different footage for many sequences; this version runs 95 minutes.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Film Extra: Richard Benjamin (1973)
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Tina Balser (Carrie Snodgress) is a tired NYC housewife married to the demeaning pompous Jonathan (Richard Benjamin). He criticizes her on everything even in front of their two young impressionable daughters. At a party she got dragged to by her husband, she meets the arrogant chauvinistic writer George Prager (Frank Langella). She has an affair but George isn't much better than Jonathan. Essentially, I like Tina enough to watch this movie despite the annoying Jonathan and the callous George. This movie is a bit of a torture but it's a fascinating one. It's also a movie of its times. It was probably more compelling back in the day.
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- Nov 28, 2014
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- Gross US & Canada
- $2,782,256
- Runtime1 hour 35 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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By what name was Diary of a Mad Housewife (1970) officially released in India in English?
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