Cactus Flower

Bachelor Julian Winston (WALTER MATTHAU) thinks life is just Dandy. Stephanie (INGRID BERGMAN), his starched and no-nonsense receptionist-nurse, is smoothly running his dental office and his bachelor life. Toni (GOLDIE HAWN), his kookie blonde Greenwich village mistress, believes his story that he is married and a father. But then Toni tries suicide. Her young writer-neighbour Igor rescues her. Appalled, Julian promises to wed Toni, but the girl, refusing to be a "Home-Breaker", insists on first meeting Julian's wife. Desperate, Julian turns to Stephanie. She agrees to pose as his faithless wife while Harvey, Julian's perennial non-paying patient, pretends to be her lover. Igor and a U.N. diplomat vie for the affections of the now-blooming Stephanie. Still thinking they are man and wife, Toni is the first to realise Stephanie and Julian really do love each other. © Frankovich Productions.