I Love My Wife (film)

This article is about the 1970 film. For the 1977 musical, see I Love My Wife.

I Love My Wife

Directed by	Mel Stuart
Produced by	Stan Margulies Robert Kaufman (associate producer) David L. Wolper (executive producer)
Written by	Robert Kaufman
Starring	Elliott Gould Brenda Vaccaro Angel Tompkins
Music by	Lalo Schifrin
Production company	Wolper Pictures Ltd.
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release dates	April 7, 1971
Running time	98 min.
Country	United States
Language	English

I Love My Wife is a 1970 comedy film directed by Mel Stuart. It stars Elliott Gould and Brenda Vaccaro.^[1]

Plot

Richard Burrows is a medical student with a pregnant wife, Jody, who becomes unappealing to him before and after childbirth, abstaining from sex and gaining weight. When her mother moves in with them, Richard's home life frustrates him even more.

Flirtations with nurses and patients begin, with Jody catching him being unfaithful. But after he becomes a surgeon at a Los Angeles hospital, the infidelity continues. Richard meets a married model, Helene Donnelly, and begins meeting her secretly in motels. They contemplate getting divorces.

Richard decides to make one last attempt to save his marriage. He evicts his mother-in-law from the premises and persuades Jody to go to a weight-loss center. When his wife returns, she is slim again and Richard is pleased, until learning that now it is she who wants a divorce.

Cast

Elliott Gould as Dr. Richard Burrows
Brenda Vaccaro as Jody Burrows
Angel Tompkins as Helene Donnelly
Dabney Coleman as Frank Donnelly
Leonard Stone as Dr. Neilson
Joan Tompkins as Grandma Dennison
Helen Westcott as Mrs. Burrows
Ivor Francis as Dr. Korngold
Joanna Cameron as Nurse Sharon
Veleka Gray as Stewardess
Damian London as Leslie
Tom Toner as John Bosley
Gloria Manon as Prostitute
Dawn Lyn as Stephanie
Heather North as Betty
Janice Pennington as Nurse Cynthia
Robert Kaufman as Devil

Reception

Angel Tompkins received a Golden Globe nomination for this role in the category of Best Newcomer - Female.

References

↑ http://allmovie.com/work/i-love-my-wife-24094

I Love My Wife ISBN 0553059203 Bantam Books 1971, Robert Weverka novelization

External links

I Love My Wife at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Mel Stuart

Four Days in November (1964) If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969) I Love My Wife (1970) Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) One Is a Lonely Number (1972) Wattstax (1973) Mean Dog Blues (1978) The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal (1979) The White Lions (1981)

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