The Secret Life of an American Wife

The Secret Life of an American Wife
File:Secretwife1.JPG Theatrical release poster
Directed by	George Axelrod
Produced by	George Axelrod
Written by	George Axelrod
Starring	Walter Matthau Anne Jackson Patrick O'Neal Edy Williams
Music by	Billy May
Cinematography	Leon Shamroy
Edited by	Harry W. Gerstad
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release dates	June 25, 1968
Running time	92 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$3,000,000 (US/ Canada)

The Secret Life of an American Wife is a 1968 comedy film written and directed by George Axelrod. The film was released by 20th Century Fox in 1968, and was considered a box-office failure. It features a music score by Billy May. Edy Williams has a supporting role in the film as the Layton's blonde bombshell neighbor.

Plot

Victoria Layton (Anne Jackson) is a suburban housewife who is dissatisfied with her marriage and fears that her sex appeal is fading. Her husband (Patrick O'Neal) works as a press agent, and his only client is a movie star who is known as an international sex symbol (Walter Matthau).

Upon hearing that The Movie Star (the character is not given a name, and Matthau is credited as "The Movie Star" in the closing credits) indulges in the services of prostitutes, Victoria decides to pose surreptitiously as one in order to prove to herself that she is still sexually attractive.

Cast

• Walter Matthau as The Movie Star
• Anne Jackson as Victoria Layton
• Patrick O'Neal - Tom Layton
• Edy Williams as Susie Steinberg
• Richard Bull as Howard
• Paul Napier as Herb Steinberg
• Gary Brown as Jimmy
• Albert Carrier as Jean-Claude

See also

• List of American films of 1968

External links

• The Secret Life of an American Wife at IMDb