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Wanda

Wanda

1970Movie⏱️ 1h 42mGP
CrimeDrama
7.1
IMDB Rating
6,713 votes

Wanda, a lonely housewife, drifts through mining country until she meets a petty thief who takes her in.

Director
Barbara Loden
Writers
N/A
Stars
Barbara Loden, Michael Higgins, Dorothy Shupenes
Release Date
January 14, 1971
Language
English
Country
United States
🏆 2
Wins
💬 53
Reviews
📋 16.3K
Watchlists
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🎭 Top Cast

Barbara Loden
Barbara Loden
as Wanda
Michael Higgins
Michael Higgins
as Mr. Dennis
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Dorothy Shupenes
as Wanda's Sister
👤
Peter Shupenes
as Brother in Law
Jerome Thier
Jerome Thier
as Husband
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Marian Thier
as Miss Godek
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Anthony Rotell
as Tony
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M.L. Kennedy
as Judge
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Gerald Grippo
as Court Clerk
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Milton Gittleman
as Factory Owner

💰 Box Office

$108,692
Worldwide Gross
$51,713
Domestic Gross
$10,679
Opening Weekend

🎬 Technical Specs

Sound
Mono
Color
Color
Filming Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
Production
Foundation for Filmakers

🏷️ Keywords

low self esteemnational film registrypromiscuitypennsylvaniashooting

🎯 Categories

HeistPsychological DramaTragedyCrimeDrama

⭐ Featured Review

Not an easy film to like, but one ends up admiring it anyhow...
by moonspinner552011-09-05
6/10

"Barbara Loden, the wife of film director Elia Kazan, wrote, directed and stars in this portrait of a born loser in blue-collar Pennsylvania. Wanda is the perfect bad example: she's poorly educated, unemployed, a doormat for any available man...and when she walks into a bar one night to use the bathroom, she has no idea the lone man inside is actually robbing the place. Loden, who looks like a bedraggled version of Joanne Woodward in some of her hick roles, also helped to raise the funds for this picture, which played film festivals and garnered good critical buzz yet wasn't widely di..."

💡 Did You Know?

Wanda (1970) was shot with a crew of only four people.

📖 Synopsis

Wanda, a lonely housewife, drifts through mining country until she meets a petty thief who takes her in.