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The Secret Life of an American Wife
The Secret Life of an American Wife
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	George Axelrod
Written by	George Axelrod
Produced by	George Axelrod
Starring	Walter Matthau; Anne Jackson; Patrick O'Neal; Edy Williams
Cinematography	Leon Shamroy
Edited by	Harry W. Gerstad
Music by	Billy May
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	June 25, 1968;
Running time	92 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$3,000,000 (US/ Canada)

The Secret Life of an American Wife is a 1968 comedy film written 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 edit

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 only 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 edit

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 edit

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 a loss to the studio.^[2]

References edit

^ "Big Rental Films of 1968", Variety, 8 January 1969, p. 15. Please note this figure is a rental accruing to distributors.
^ Silverman, Stephen M (1988). The Fox that got away : the last days of the Zanuck dynasty at Twentieth Century-Fox. L. Stuart. p. 327. ISBN 9780818404856.