The Secret Life of an American Wife
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The Secret Life of an American Wife is a 1968 comedy film written, produced and directed by George Axelrod. The film was released by 20th Century Fox in 1968, and was considered a box-office failure. It features a music score by Billy May. Edy Williams has a supporting role in the film as the Laytons' blonde bombshell neighbor.
Plot
Template:More plot Victoria Layton is a suburban housewife who is dissatisfied with her marriage, and fears that her sex appeal is fading. Her husband works as a press agent, and his biggest client is a movie star who is known as an international sex symbol.
On hearing that The Movie Star indulges in the services of prostitutes, Victoria decides to surreptitiously pose as one to prove to herself that she is still sexually attractive.
Cast
- Walter Matthau as The Movie Star
- Anne Jackson as Victoria Layton
- Patrick O'Neal as Tom Layton
- Edy Williams as Susie Steinberg
- Richard Bull as Howard
- Paul Napier as Herb Steinberg
- Gary Brown as Jimmy
- Albert Carrier as Jean-Claude
Reception
According to Fox records, the film required $4,300,000 in rentals to break even, and by December 11, 1970, it had made $3,725,000, for a net loss to the studio.[1]
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- 1968 films
- 1960s sex comedy films
- 20th Century Fox films
- Films about adultery in the United States
- American sex comedy films
- 1960s English-language films
- Films directed by George Axelrod
- Films scored by Billy May
- Films set in Connecticut
- Films set in New York City
- Films shot in Connecticut
- Films shot in New York City
- Films with screenplays by George Axelrod
- 1968 comedy films
- 1960s American films
- English-language sex comedy films