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Overview
Release Date:
10 August 1970 (USA) moreTagline:
I, Tina Balser, Housewife, Did Not Do My Chores Today. I Did...Something Else!Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 6 wins & 6 nominations moreUser Comments:
SIlent Reproach is Often Times a Loaded Gun!!!!!! moreCast
(Credited cast)| Richard Benjamin | ... | Jonathan Balser | |
| Frank Langella | ... | George Prager | |
| Carrie Snodgress | ... | Tina Balser | |
| Lorraine Cullen | ... | Sylvie Balser | |
| Frannie Michel | ... | Liz Balser | |
| Lee Addoms | ... | Mrs. Prinz | |
| Peter Dohanos | ... | Samuel Keefer | |
| Katherine Meskill | ... | Charlotte Rady | |
| Leonard Elliott | ... | M. Henri | |
| Valma | ... | Margo | |
| Hilda Haynes | ... | Lottie | |
| Donald Symington | ... | Pediatrician (as Don Symington) | |
| Alley Mills | ... | Women's lib girl (as Allison Mills) | |
| Alice Cooper | ... | Himself | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Michael Bruce | ... | Himself... guitarist for the Alice Cooper band | |
| Glen Buxton | ... | Himself... guitarist for the Alice Cooper band | |
| Jeanette Du Bois | ... | Vera | |
| Dennis Dunaway | ... | Himself... bassist for the Alice Cooper band | |
| Kurt Garfield | ... | Carpenter | |
| Jason Holt | |||
| William Kiehl | ... | Elliot Asher | |
| I.W. Klein | ... | Stuttering man in group therapy | |
| George Loros | ... | Malcolm | |
| Lester Rawlins | ... | Dr. Linstrom | |
| Renee Semes | ... | College Girl in group therapy session | |
| Neal Smith | ... | Himself... drummer for the Alice Cooper band | |
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95 min | 104 min (original version)Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishColor:
Color (Technicolor)Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)Certification:
Canada:R (Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Canada:18+ (Quebec) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:11 | USA:RMOVIEmeter: 
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Richard Benjamin and Carrie Snodgress are a married couple who are plagued with the preconceived notion that a prerequisite to living in Central Park West means being content with nothing!!!...Richard Benjamin is an attorney who is floundering in his attempt to be accepted into New York's intellectual circles!!!..Carrie Snodgress is a housewife who is fatigued with domestic malaise and always seems to be the scapegoat for her husband's frustrations...As a diversion, she seeks a form of social escapism by way of a gigolo...The relationship is manifested through sophisticated encounter...The gigolo is a precocious punk who gets emotionally abusive to her...As a result the wife (Carrie Snodgress) feels more isolated and confused than ever before in her life...At the end of the film, the wife finds out that her gigolo prefers the boys, and the husband is resolutely defeated by irrational conclusions in every aspect of his life...The lavish parties, the academic pretensions, and the extensive therapy are all urban subterfuges for individual insecurity!!!
The characters and the social situations are extremely well developed, especially in that they bring out the nuances as being the true culprits for this married couple's precarious existence!!!...This film makes avoidable disappointments a very emphatic reality!!... An Excellent!!!Excellent!!!Excellent!!! Excellent Film!!!!