Secrets of Three Hungry Wives

American TV series or program

Jessica Walter
Gretchen Corbett
Eve Plumb

Music byJohn Carl ParkerCountry of originUnited StatesOriginal languageEnglishProductionExecutive producers

Florence Small^[1]
Alan Surgal^[1]

ProducerRobert A. Papazian^[1]CinematographyWilliam Cronjager^[1]EditorGary Griffen^[1]Running time120 min.Production companiesPenthouse Productions (as Penthouse Productions, Inc.
Cine Guarantors Inc.BudgetNBCOriginal releaseNetworkNBCReleaseOctober 9, 1978 (1978-10-09)^[3]

Secrets of Three Hungry Wives is a 1978 American television thriller film directed by Gordon Hessler, and starring Jessica Walter, Gretchen Corbett, Eve Plumb, and Heather MacRae. It was one of the later scripts written by Jo Heims prior to her death from breast cancer. Alan Surgal finished the script.^[3]

Plot

Three married women become suspects when a man they all had an affair with is murdered.

Cast

Jessica Walter as Christina Wood
Gretchen Corbett as Karen McClure
Eve Plumb as Vicki Wood
Heather MacRae as Lynn Briskin
James Franciscus as Mark Powers
Craig Stevens as Bill McClure
Raymond St. Jacques as Detective Inspector George Dunbar

Reception

Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times said the film "offers compassionate comment, not social criticism, along with its supense."^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Secrets of Three Hungry Wives". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on July 12, 2019. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
^ "Secrets of Three Hungry Wives". AllMovie. Archived from the original on February 29, 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c Thomas, Kevin (October 9, 1978). "TV MOVIE REVIEW: Three Wives Had Motive in 'Secrets'". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. p. F18 – via Newspapers.com.