Cactus Flower

Director: Gene Saks Gene Saks

Overview

This light romantic comedy finds a nurse secretly in love with her dentist employer. Stephanie has eyes for Dr. Winston, who has eyes for a Greenwich Village girl named Toni. The doctor is drawn to the pretty nurse at a club when she begins to dance.

Product Details

Release Date:	11/04/2014
UPC:	0043396452794
Original Release:	1969
Rating:	PG
Source:	SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMT
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:44:00
Sales rank:	16,555

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

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

Technical Credits

I.A.L. Diamond

Gene Saks	Director
I.A.L. Diamond	Screenwriter
M.J. Frankovich	Producer
Arthur Piantadosi	Sound/Sound Designer
Whitey Ford	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

Coming toward the end of the career for Ingrid Bergman and the beginning for Goldie Hawn, Cactus Flower turned out to be a surprisingly fine showcase for their respective talents, as well as co-star Walter Matthau. It's hard to think of a picture that is more inconsequential; the very essence of a romp, it practically threatens to float off the screen, despite a few half-hearted stabs at "substantive" issues (e.g., fear of commitment, double standards for the sexes, etc.) Still, its very featheriness gave Bergman one of her rare opportunities to show what she can do with a lightweight role. She finds depth and variety in her character that probably would surprise its many authors, and is especially fine in her "going out for drinks" scene with Matthau and her monologue to Hawn (in a record booth, yet). For her part, Hawn is playing a role we've seen her do many times since, but she's enchanting - perky, kooky, wildly innocent and enthusiastic, not to mention touching and endearing. Matthau has his hands full keeping up with the women, but he does a fine job and scores his own punches in scenes with each of them. Gene Saks direction is smooth and unobtrusive. Like many films from this period, Flower is terribly dated -- at times, embarrassingly so -- but still fun.