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The Female Instinct

The Female Instinct

1972TV Episode⏱️ 1h 40m
ComedyCrimeDramaMystery
7.4
IMDB Rating
228 votes

A spinster and her widowed sister, who are also mystery writers, try to track down the killer of a former movie star.

Director
Leonard Stern
Writers
Leonard Stern, Hugh Wheeler, Alan Shayne
Stars
Helen Hayes, Mildred Natwick, Charlie Callas
Release Date
December 18, 1972
Language
English
Country
United States
💬 5
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Helen Hayes
Helen Hayes
as Ernesta Snoop
Mildred Natwick
Mildred Natwick
as Gwendolyn Snoop Nicholson
Charlie Callas
Charlie Callas
as Charlie
Jill Clayburgh
Jill Clayburgh
as Mary Nero
Bill Dana
Bill Dana
as Melvin Kaplan
Ed Flanders
Ed Flanders
as Milo Perkins
Kurt Kasznar
Kurt Kasznar
as Alexander Scalamdri
Edward Platt
Edward Platt
as Julius Nero
Kent Smith
Kent Smith
as Warren Packer
Craig Stevens
Craig Stevens
as Charles Corman

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Mono
Filming Location
Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA
Production
Talent Associates-Norton Simon, Universal Television

🏷️ Keywords

nbc mystery moviedetectiveduowriting a bookdictation

🎯 Categories

ComedyCrimeDramaMystery

⭐ Featured Review

Poorly written, poorly directed, a waste of talented actors
by koohii2023-11-19
2/10

"An inferior attempt to make an American version of Miss Marple combined with slap-stick comedy that made The Three Stooges look sophisticated. What did poor Helen Hays do to end up in this gawd-awful drek? One of the worst offenders, by far, is the character of their chauffeur and minder--a retired bead cop who sounds like he came out of central casting in the 1920s--who was hired by their sisters' nephew to keep them out of trouble. He lectures them multiple times to be good little girls and to do what he says--like they're naughty little children rather than competent adults. If h..."

💡 Did You Know?

Final appearance of Paulette Goddard.

📖 Synopsis

A spinster and her widowed sister, who are also mystery writers, try to track down the killer of a former movie star.