How To Save a Marriage--And Ruin Your Life
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Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Fielder Cook
Dean Martin
Stella Stevens
Eli Wallach
Anne Jackson
Betty Field
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Synopsis
Bachelor attorney David Sloane attempts to save the unhappy marriage of friend Harry Hunter by making love to Harry's mistress. Assuming that Harry's mistress is his employee Carol Corman, David sets her up in an apartment and promptly proclaims her perfidy. David, however, has selected the wrong woman as the subject of his mission; Harry's real mistress is Muriel Laszlo, Carol's next door neighbor. Nevertheless, Harry, persuaded of Muriel's betrayal, attempts an abortive second honeymoon with his wife, Mary. Meanwhile, Carol and Muriel discover what has happened. Furious, they organize a union of former mistresses and persuade the repentant Harry and distressed David to accept the terms of their contract. Carol further insists that David marry her, with the prerogative of an instant divorce, a condition she elects not to honor after a night of conjugal love.
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Director
Fielder Cook
Cast
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Dean Martin
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Stella Stevens
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Eli Wallach
Anne Jackson
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Betty Field
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Jack Albertson
Katharine Bard
Woodrow Parfrey
Alan Oppenheimer
Shelley Morrison
George Furth
Monroe Arnold
Claude Stroud
Crew
Dorothy Aldrin
Philip W. Anderson
Frank Austin
Seth Banks
Morris Brown
Robert Busch
Stewart Campbell
Faye Chaney
Robert Clatworthy
Mack David
Hank Edds
Max Frankel
Hal Franklin
Wendell Franklin
Lee Garmes
Ed Garvin
Geza Gaspar
Ray Gosnell
Doug Grant
Jack Haynes
Louis Hogue
Bob Hosler
Virginia Jones
Dina Joseph
Willard Klug
Ben Lane
Steve Lane
Harold Lee
Michel Legrand
Michel Legrand
Moss Mabry
Walter Meins
Nate Monaster
George R. Nelson
William O'sullivan
William Randall Jr.
Charles J. Rice
Stanley Shapiro
Stanley Shapiro
Stanley Shapiro
Al St. Hilaire
Dorothy White
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Film Details
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Articles
How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life
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How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life
Quotes
A bachelor's conscience is a woman's best friend.- Mr. Slotkin
Trivia
Notes
The working title of this film is Band of Gold.
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Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Winter January 1968
Released in United States Winter January 1968