Cactus Flower
“The prickly stage success that convulsed audiences around the world... with all its barbed wit and the sharpest comedy cast of the year!”
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.
Genres
Comedy, Romance
Studio
Frankovich Productions
Language
en
Status
Released
How Cactus Flower performed
Budget
$3.0M
Worldwide Gross
$25.8M
Gross Profit
$22.8M
Return
8.6× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$4M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~45/55, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (32% of the domestic run, typical for Comedy) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Julian Winston
Walter Matthau
Julian Winston
Stephanie Dickinson
Ingrid Bergman
Stephanie Dickinson
Toni Simmons
Goldie Hawn
Toni Simmons
Harvey Greenfield
Jack Weston
Harvey Greenfield
Igor Sullivan
Rick Lenz
Igor Sullivan
Senor Sanchez
Vito Scotti
Senor Sanchez
Mrs. Durant
Irene Hervey
Mrs. Durant
Georgia
Eve Bruce
Georgia
Store Manager
Irwin Charone
Store Manager
Nephew
Matthew Saks
Nephew
Waitress (uncredited)
Linda Burton
Waitress (uncredited)
1st Waiter (uncredited)
Hy Chase
1st Waiter (uncredited)
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