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Diary of a Mad Housewife

It can happen to any married woman anywhere, anytime...it happened to Tina.
Aug 10, 1970 · 1h 35m
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Comedy
Drama

PLOT

Tina Balser is a bored New York housewife-mother married to Jonathan, a pompous, social-climbing lawyer who ridicules her in front of their children, criticizing everything she does or wears. She begins an affair with George Prager, a dashing, successful, and blatantly sadistic writer.

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CAST

Carrie Snodgress
Tina Balser
Richard Benjamin
Jonathan Balser
Frank Langella
George Prager
Lorraine Cullen
Sylvie Balser
Frannie Michel
Liz Balser
Lee Addoms
Mrs. Prinz
Peter Dohanos
Samuel Keefer
Katherine Meskill
Charlotte Rady
Directed by Frank Perry

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
$6,100,000
Production
Frank Perry Films Inc., Universal Pictures
Country
US

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