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A Woman Under the Influence

Year:

1974

Duration:

155 min | USA:146 min (TCM print)

Genres:

Drama

IMDB rate:

8.2

Director:

John Cassavetes

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 10 wins & 4 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1974-11-18

Filming Locations: 1741 N. Taft Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Earnings

Gross: SEK 2,455,317 (Sweden) Admissions 167,459 (Sweden)

Cast

Actor

Character

Xan Cassavetes

Peter Falk

Nick Longhetti

Gena Rowlands

Mabel Longhetti

Fred Draper

George Mortensen

Lady Rowlands

Martha Mortensen

Katherine Cassavetes

Margaret Longhetti

Matthew Labyorteaux

Angelo Longhetti

Matthew Cassel

Tony Longhetti

Christina Grisanti

Maria Longhetti

O.G. Dunn

Garson Cross

Mario Gallo

Harold Jensen

Eddie Shaw

Dr. Zepp

Angelo Grisanti

Vito Grimaldi

Charles Horvath

Eddie

James Joyce

Bowman

John Finnegan

Clancy

Vincent Barbi

Gino (as Vince Barbi)

Cliff Carnell

Aldo

Frank Richards

Adolph

Hugh Hurd

Willie Johnson

Leon Wagner

Billy Tidrow

Dominique Davalos

Dominique Jensen

Pancho Meisenheimer

John Jensen

Sonny Aprile

Aldo

Ellen Davalos

Nancy

Joanne Moore Jordan

Muriel

John Hawker

Joseph Morton

Sylvester Words

James Turner (as Sil Words)

Elizabeth Deering

Angela

Jackie Peters

Tina

Elsie Ames

Principal

N.J. Cassavetes

Adolph

Did you know?

Trivia

The seventh feature film directed by John Cassavetes.

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The film was nominated for two Academy Awards but failed to win an Oscar in either category.

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One of eleven movies that John Cassavetes and Gena Rowlands made together. The other films are A Child Is Waiting (1963), Faces (1968), Machine Gun McCain (1969), Minnie and Moskowitz (1971), A Woman Under the Influence (1974), Two-Minute Warning (1976), Shadows (1959), Gloria (1980), Tempest (1982) and Love Streams (1984).

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Goofs

After returning from the hospital, as Mabel enters the living room where Nicky and the others are, Nicky's position relative to the couch changes between shots.

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At the end of the film after they put the children to bed. Nick follows Mabel down the stairs but in the next shot Nick comes out of the stairway first.

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In the scene where Nick first decides to have Mabel committed, he's got a towel on his shoulder and a bottle of gin in his hand. The next cut contains the towel, but no bottle of gin. The following shot the gin returns.

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Quotes

Mabel Longhetti: Die for Mr. Jensen, kids!

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Nick Longhetti: Mabel is not crazy, she's unusual. She's not crazy, so don't say she's crazy.

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Mabel Longhetti: All of a sudden, I miss everyone...

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