Ben Mankiewicz Intro - A Woman Under The Influence (1974)

Woman Under The Influence, A -- (Movie Clip) The Palisades Caved In

Writer and director John Cassavetes' improbable and fascinating opening, Peter Falk, who was the film's main financier, as "Nick," with his construction crew, taking a firm and futile stand, in A Woman Under The Influence, 1974, starring Gena Rowlands.

Woman Under The Influence, A -- (Movie Clip) Here's To Everybody!

From the meal after the emergency overnight shift at the home of construction crew boss Nick (Peter Falk) and Mabel (Gena Rowlands), whose dalliance after he stood her up remains her secret, in A Woman Under The Influence, 1974, written and directed by Rowlands' husband John Cassavetes.

Woman Under The Influence, A -- (Movie Clip) Your Mother's Terribly Nervous

The introduction of the title character, John Cassavetes directs his wife Gena Rolands as Mabel, with her own mother (Lady Rowlands), demonstrating what seems like undue anxiety over a date-night with her husband, early in A Woman Under The Influence, 1974.