Wives and Lovers

United States

1963

104 Min

Black and White

1.66:1

English

Currently 0.0/5 Stars.
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SCR Edward Anhalt, Jay Presson Allen

CAST Janet Leigh, Van Johnson, Shelley Winters, Martha Hyer, Ray Walston, Jeremy Slate, Claire Wilcox, Lee Patrick, Dick Wessel, Dave Willock

PROD DES Hal Pereira, Walter H. Tyler

Newly loaded after penning a best-seller, a once-struggling author (Van Johnson) convinces his wife (Janet Leigh) to move to a tony suburb. But while the couple’s finances are robust, their sudden rise to riches has less-than-healthy consequences for their marriage. Working to adapt his novel for Broadway, the writer is tempted by his glamorous agent, while his wife, in turn, has eyes for the handsome actor to be cast in her husband’s play.

Director

John Rich

John Rich (July 6, 1925 – January 29, 2012) was an American film and television director. He directed such television shows as Colonel Humphrey Flack, “I Married Joan”, “Gunsmoke”, “Bonanza”, Where’s Raymond?, Mister Ed, The Dick Van Dyke Show, All in the Family, The Jeffersons, Maude, Good Times, Barney Miller, Newhart, Benson, The Brady Bunch, and Gilligan’s Island. His feature film credits include Wives and Lovers, Boeing Boeing, Roustabout and Easy Come, Easy Go (the latter two starring Elvis Presley). He also participated in the live telecast of the opening day ceremonies of Disneyland in 1955.

He won an Emmy for The Dick Van Dyke Show, two Emmys for All in the Family, and two Golden Globes and an N.A.A.C.P. Image Award for All in the Family.

In the 1980s, Rich and Henry Winkler formed a production company called Henry Winkler/John Rich Productions and together they produced MacGyver for Paramount Television.

Rich studied at the University of Michigan earning… read more