Based on Mary McCarthy’s best-selling novel of the same title, this film traces the lives of a group of women friends through the beginning of World War II.
It was really little more than a high-class soap opera, but a lot of fun to watch thanks to the lively and skilful cast. Joan Hackett turned in a particularly fine performance as Dottie, the prim and not too proper Bostonian girl.
At the very least, the film introduced moviegoers to a whole bevvy of charming actresses, many of them subsequently to earn full Hollywood stardom.
Lakey Eastlake
Candice Bergen Dottie Renfrew Latham
Joan Hackett Priss Hartshorn Crockett
Elizabeth Hartman Polly Andrews Ridgeley
Shirley Knight Kay Strong Peterson
Joanna Pettet Libby MacAusland
Jessica Walter Helena Davison
Kathleen Widdoes Harald Peterson
Larry Hagman Gus Leroy
Hal Holbrook Pokey Prothero Beauchamp
Mary-Robin Redd Dr James Ridgeley
James Broderick Sloan Crockett
James Congdon Dick Brown
Richard Mulligan Henry Andrews
Robert Emhardt Norine Blake
Carrie Nye
Director
Sidney Lumet
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