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The Sterile Cuckoo (1969)
Directed by Alan J. Pakula
“First love... if it happens to you once, you're lucky”
Comedy, Drama · 1h 47m
Uptight college freshman Jerry Payne finds a carefree friend in zany Pookie. After an awkward meeting on the bus, Pookie quickly works her way into Jerry's life. She makes an unannounced visit to Jerry's campus, and before long annoyance turns to affection, and friendship turns to romance. But with Pookie's increasingly neurotic behavior, how long can this love affair last?
Cast
Liza Minnelli
Pookie Adams
Wendell Burton
Jerry Payne
Tim McIntire
Charlie Schumacher
A
Anita Alberts
(uncredited)
E
Eric Best
(uncredited)
C
Chris Bugbee
Eddie Roe (uncredited)
Becki Davis
(uncredited)
P
Philip S. Derfler
(uncredited)
Sandy Faison
Nancy Putnam (uncredited)
M
Mark P. Fish
(uncredited)
A
A. Frederick Gooseen
(uncredited)
Elizabeth Harrower
Landlady (uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- Alan J. Pakula
- Screenplay
- Alvin Sargent
- Novel
- John Nichols
- Director of Photography
- Milton Krasner
- Original Music Composer
- Fred Karlin
- Editor
- Sam O'Steen, John W. Wheeler
- Producer
- Alan J. Pakula
Details
- Release date
- 1969-10-22
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Paramount Pictures, Boardwalk Productions
- Box office
- $14,000,000