I Love My Wife (film)
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| Directed by | Mel Stuart |
| Starring | Elliott Gould |
| Release date(s) | April 7, 1971 |
| Running time | 98 min. |
| Country | France |
| Language | English |
I Love My Wife is a 1970 comedy film directed by Mel Stuart. It stars Elliott Gould and Brenda Vaccaro.[1]
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Plot[edit]
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 hospitals, 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[edit]
- 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
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