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6 / 10 IMDb April 24, 1973 1h 25m
From an Ingmar Bergman script. Previously produced for Swedish Television as "Reservatet" and for the BBC as "The Lie" (both 1970). In this Emmy award winning American version for CBS’s reboot of Playhouse 90, an American couple is trapped in their marriage and way of life. Locked up in their bourgeois inferno.
Director
Runtime
1h 25m
Release Date
April 24, 1973
Genre
Drama, TV Movie
Status
Released
Languages
English
Country
United States of America
Writers
Producers
Cast
George Segal
as Andrew
Shirley Knight
as Anna
Robert Culp
as Lawrence
Victor Buono
as Bancks
William Daniels
as Albert
Dean Jagger
as Arnold Edgarton
Louise Lasser
as Karen
Mary Ann Mobley
as Esther
Elizabeth Wilson
as Miss Pratt
Allan Arbus
as Edward Fredericks
Robert Easton
as Steve Olman
Connie Hines
as Paula Olman
Priscilla Morrill
as Carol Bancks
Neva Patterson
as Mary Forman
Ann Prentiss
as Elaine Fredericks
Milton Selzer
as Dr. Ernest Foreman
Ellen Weston
as Eva Anderson
Robert Emhardt
as Busybody
Maidie Norman
as Janine
John Ritter
as Bauer
Production Companies
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