The Secret Life of an American Wife
A bored housewife poses as a call girl for a movie star sex-symbol, hoping she can prove to her husband, the star's agent, that she is still desirable to other men and thereby, rekindle the spark in their marriage.
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"Failed comedy from producer-writer-director George Axelrod is mostly a case of miscasting sabotaging an already talk-heavy script that plays like failed dinner theatre. Anne Jackson (often addressing the camera directly) is a bored Connecticut housewife and mother of two who wants to show her stuck-in-a-rut husband (Patrick O'Neal) that she's still desirable. Posing as a call girl (!), she tries seducing a neurotic, pampered movie actor (Walter Matthau). Jackson and O'Neal are both fine actors, but they're not star personalities; the 'clever' dialogue here really ..."
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George Axelrod admitted that the character of the movie star (who is never named) was based on Frank Sinatra, and that he had thought it would be amusing to cast his friend Walter Matthau against type for this role. Years later, he concluded that he had been mistaken in this, and that he should have gone to Sinatra himself, or perhaps Dean Martin.
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A bored housewife poses as a call girl for a movie star sex-symbol, hoping she can prove to her husband, the star's agent, that she is still desirable to other men and thereby, rekindle the spark in their marriage.