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Doctors' Wives

Doctors' Wives

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Doctors' Wives

"Doctors' Wives have everything. Except husbands."

1971

1h 42m

4.9(19 votes)

Drama

Overview

The wives of several high-powered doctors feel neglected due to their husbands' focus on their careers, so they embark on a regimen of sex, drugs and booze.

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Columbia Pictures

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Dyan Cannon

Dyan Cannon

Lorrie

Richard Crenna

Richard Crenna

Pete Brennan

Gene Hackman

Gene Hackman

Dave Randolph

Carroll O'Connor

Carroll O'Connor

Joe Gray

Rachel Roberts

Rachel Roberts

Della Randolph

Janice Rule

Janice Rule

Amy Brennan

Diana Sands

Diana Sands

Helen Straughn

Cara Williams

Cara Williams

Maggie Gray

Richard Anderson

Richard Anderson

D.A. Douglas

Ralph Bellamy

Ralph Bellamy

Jake Porter

Creative team

Directed by: George Schaefer
Written by: Daniel Taradash
Produced by: M.J. Frankovich

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