The Sterile Cuckoo
“First love... if it happens to you once, you're lucky”
Uptight college freshman Jerry Payne finds a carefree friend in zany Pookie. After an awkward meeting on the bus, Pookie quickly works her way into Jerry's life. She makes an unannounced visit to Jerry's campus, and before long annoyance turns to affection, and friendship turns to romance. But with Pookie's increasingly neurotic behavior, how long can this love affair last?
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Studio
Paramount Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Sterile Cuckoo performed
Budget
N/A
Worldwide Gross
$14.0M
Gross Profit
N/A
Return
N/A
Opening Wknd (est.)
$2M
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
Pookie Adams
Liza Minnelli
Pookie Adams
Jerry Payne
Wendell Burton
Jerry Payne
Charlie Schumacher
Tim McIntire
Charlie Schumacher
(uncredited)
Anita Alberts
(uncredited)
(uncredited)
Eric Best
(uncredited)
Eddie Roe (uncredited)
Chris Bugbee
Eddie Roe (uncredited)
(uncredited)
Becki Davis
(uncredited)
(uncredited)
Philip S. Derfler
(uncredited)
Nancy Putnam (uncredited)
Sandy Faison
Nancy Putnam (uncredited)
(uncredited)
Mark P. Fish
(uncredited)
(uncredited)
A. Frederick Gooseen
(uncredited)
Landlady (uncredited)
Elizabeth Harrower
Landlady (uncredited)
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