DVD 104

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Comedy

Walter Matthau	Julian Winston
Ingrid Bergman	Stephanie Dickinson
Goldie Hawn	Toni Simmons
Jack Weston	Harvey Greenfield
Rick Lenz	Igor Sullivan
Vito Scotti	Senor Sanchez
Eve Bruce	Georgia
Irwin Charone	Store Manager
Mathew Saks	Nephew
Irene Hervey	Mrs. Durant

Director	Gene Saks
Producer	M.J. Frankovich
Writer	I.A.L. Diamond

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