Dr. Julian Winston
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Cactus Flower is a 1969 American screwball comedy film directed by Gene Saks, and starring Walter Matthau, Ingrid Bergman and Goldie Hawn, who won an Academy Award for her performance.
Cactus Flower: Directed by Gene Saks. With Walter Matthau, Ingrid Bergman, Goldie Hawn, Jack Weston. A dentist pretends to be married to avoid commitment, but when he falls for his girlfriend and proposes, he must recruit his lovelorn nurse to pose as his wife.
Apr 24, 2023 · Hawn made her first foray into feature films as a dancer in The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band (1968). Her acting debut came a year later playing Walter Matthau's ditzy, bohemian mistress in Cactus Flower (1969); she won an Oscar for her role, making it an
Classic '60s comedy introducing Goldie Hawn and starring Walter Matthau & Ingrid Bergman.A dentist pretends to be married to avoid commitment, but when he fa...
Reviews. Cactus Flower. Roger Ebert December 29, 1969. Tweet. Walter Matthau and Goldie Hawn. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. The movie press agents have a theory that critics shouldn't be allowed to see a comedy in a screening room. Unless they can hear the people laughing, the theory goes, they won't know the movie's funny.
In Manhattan, dentist Julian Winston works with his efficient nurse/receptionist Stephanie Dickinson, whom he compares to a cactus flower because she represses her emotions. He spends the first anniversary of his affair with 21-year-old Toni Simmons on a date with an Australian air-hostess.
Distraught when her middle-aged lover breaks a date with her, 21-year-old Toni Simmons attempts suicide. Impressed by her action, her lover, dentist Julian Winston reconsiders marrying Toni, but he worries about her insistence on honesty.
