Another triangle
In “The Secret Life of an American Wife,” Anne Jackson portrays a suburban housewife who awakens one morning with the acute feling that along the way her femininity and appeal have become lost in a melange of P.T.A. meetings. Patrick O’Neal is her husband, whose job as a press agent entails more than publicity: he also provides female companionship for 'his famed movie star client, portrayed by Walter Matthau. Miss Jackson, determined to test her charms, calls the movie star and offers herself as a $lOO---day call girl. When the ego-seeking wife meets the ego-seeking actor for their afternoon dalliance, they turn a hotel bedroom into an arena, and the actqr assumes a role he had never played before, leading to a startling conclusion for both participants.
“The Secret Life of an American Wife,” a colour film made in 1968, screens on Friday evening.
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Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33513, 19 April 1974, Page 4
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146Another triangle Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33513, 19 April 1974, Page 4
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