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Plot. Twenty-one-year-old Toni Simmons attempts suicide by inhaling gas from her stove. Toni's neighbor, Igor Sullivan, smells the gas and rescues her by using mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, which evolves into a kiss after Toni regains consciousness. Toni's suicide attempt came after being stood up by her lover, Manhattan dentist Julian Winston.
Summaries. A dentist pretends to be married to avoid commitment, but when he falls for his girlfriend and proposes, he must recruit his lovelorn nurse to pose as his wife. Toni Simmons believes that the only reason her married lover won't leave his wife is because of the children. Actually, her lover, dentist Julian Winston, doesn't have any ...
All of this is the basic stuff of stage comedy. In "Cactus Flower," just as in "The Importance of Being Earnest" 75 years ago, or in "She Stoops to Conquer" 200 years ago, the plot depends upon a romance developed through mistaken identity. So Abe Burrows wasn't inventing anything new when he wrote the play.
With Walter Matthau, Ingrid Bergman, Goldie Hawn, Jack Weston. A dentist pretends to be married to avoid commitment, but when he falls for his girlfriend and proposes, he must recruit his lovelorn nurse to pose as his wife.
- (12K)
- Comedy, Romance
- Gene Saks
- 1969-12-16
Cactus Flower (1969) -- (Movie Clip) I'm No Sex Goddess Dentist Julian (Walter Matthau), who knows nothing about the personal life of his nurse Stephanie (Ingrid Bergman), explains over drinks that he needs somebody to play the wife he made up, in order to reassure his girlfriend that she’s okay with them getting married, in Cactus Flower, 1969.
- Gene Saks, Anthony Ray
- Walter Matthau
Synopsis Distraught when her middle-aged lover breaks a date with her, 21-year-old Toni Simmons (Goldie Hawn) attempts suicide. Impressed by her action, her lover, dentist Julian Winston (Walter...
- (20)
- Comedy
- PG
Overview. Distraught when her middle-aged lover breaks a date with her, 21-year-old Toni Simmons attempts suicide. Impressed by her action, her lover, dentist Julian Winston reconsiders marrying Toni, but he worries about her insistence on honesty.
