Just like a Woman (1967 film)
{{Short description|1967 British film by Robert Fuest}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Just Like a Woman
| image = "Just_Like_a_Woman"_(1967).jpg
| caption = British quad poster
| director = Robert Fuest
| producer = Bob Kellett (as Robert Kellett)
| writer = Robert Fuest
| narrator =
| starring = Wendy Craig
Francis Matthews
John Wood
| music = Kenny Napper
| cinematography = Billy Williams
| editing = Jack Slade
| studio = Dormar Productions Limited
| distributor = Monarch Film Corporation (UK)
| released = {{Film date|1967|02|26|UK|df=yes}}
| runtime = 89 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Just like a Woman is a 1967 British comedy film written and directed by Robert Fuest and starring Wendy Craig, Francis Matthews, John Wood, Dennis Price and Clive Dunn.{{Cite web |title=Just like a Woman |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150028737 |access-date=10 December 2023 |website=British Film Institute Collections Search}} A wealthy couple working in the entertainment industry decide to separate, but soon begin to miss each other.
Cast
- Wendy Craig as Scilla Alexander
- Francis Matthews as Lewis McKenzie
- John Wood as John Martin
- Dennis Price as bathroom salesman
- Miriam Karlin as Ellen Newman
- Peter Jones as Saul Alexander
- Clive Dunn as Graf von Fischer
- Ray Barrett as Australian
- Sheila Steafel as Isolde
- Aubrey Woods as T.V. floor manager
- Barry Fantoni as Elijah Stark
- Juliet Harmer as Lewis's girl friend
- Mark Murphy as singer
- Michael Brennan as commissionaire
- Angela Browne as Scilla's friend
Critical reception
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Another attempt, more laborious than most, to catch the style and insouciance of de Broca and the like. Few of the guest appearances escape an incongruity between timeworn personality routines and all the nouvelle vague trappings, though Miriam Karlin is pleasingly astringent as the hero's secretary. It's the archness of the thing that really appals, however."{{Cite journal |date=1 January 1967 |title=Just like a Woman |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1305828495/15DC318581A64244PQ/2 |journal=The Monthly Film Bulletin |volume=34 |issue=396 |pages=45 |via=ProQuest}}
In the Radio Times, David Parkinson wrote, "Craig here reveals the comic flair that enabled her to become the epitome of scatty domesticity in sitcoms like Not in Front of the Children and Butterflies. Fuest's script strives too hard to be offbeat, however, notably in the creation of a goose-stepping interior designer."{{cite web|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/film/mtrbv/just-like-a-woman|title=Just like a Woman|author=David Parkinson|work=RadioTimes}}
References
External links
- {{IMDb title|0222089}}
{{Robert Fuest}}
Category:Films directed by Robert Fuest
Category:1967 directorial debut films
Category:1960s English-language films
Category:English-language comedy films
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