USA, 1975
115m (USA), 130m (UK)
35mm film, colour, 1.85:1
mono, English
An American science fiction film directed by Bryan Forbes.
Plot Summary
The Eberhart family move to the small town of Stepford where Walter joins up with the local Men’s Association. But Joanna finds it more difficult to fit in when most of the women seem subservient and unduly meek. Her only real friend is the feisty Bobbie Markowe, but when she suddenly changes into one of the Stepford Wives, Joanna uncovers a monstrous conspiracy.
Credits
Crew
Director: Bryan Forbes
Fadsin Cinema Associates, Palomar Pictures
Executive Producer: Gustave M. Berne
Producer: Edgar J. Scherick
Associate Producer: Roger M. Rothstein
Unit Manager: Neil A. Machlis
Script: William Goldman
Novel: Ira Levin
1st Assistant Director: Peter R. Scoppa
2nd Assistant Director: Michael Haley
Director of Photography: Owen Roizman
Camera Operator: Enrique Bravo
2nd Assistant Camera: Gary Muller
Gaffer: Dusty Wallace
Stills: Muky
Colour: TVC
Editor: Timothy Gee
Music: Michael Small
Make-up: Andy Ciannella, Dick Smith
Hair: Romaine Greene
Costume Designer: Anna Hill Johnstone
Production Designer: Gene Callahan
Set Decorator: Robert Drumheller
Title Designer: Robert Ellis
Script Supervisor: B.J. Borkman
Locations: Darien, Connecticut, USA; Norwalk, Connecticut, USA; Weston, Connecticut, USA
Casting: Juliet Taylor
Cast
Katharine Ross (Joanna Eberhart)
Paula Prentiss (Bobbie Markowe)
Peter Masterson (Walter Eberhart)
Nanette Newman (Carol Van Sant)
Tina Louise (Charmaine Wimperis)
Carol Eve Rossen (Dr Fancher)
William Prince (Ike Mazzard)
Carole Mallory (Kit Sundersen)
Toni Reid (Marie Axhelm)
Judith Baldwin (Patricia Cornell)
Barbara Rucker (Marie Ann Stravros)
George Coe (Claude Axhelm)
Franklin Cover (Ed Wimperis)
Robert Fields (Raymond Chandler)
Michael Higgins (Mr Cornell)
Josef Somer (Ted Van Sant)
Paula Trueman (welcome wagon lady)
Martha Greenhouse (Mrs Kirgassa)
Simon Deckard (Dave Markowe)
Remak Ramsay (Mr Atkinson)
Mary Stuart Masterson (Kim Eberhart)
Ronny Sullivan (Amy Eberhart)
John Aprea (young cop)
Matt Russo (moving man 1)
Anthony Crupi (moving man 2)
Kenneth McMillan (market manager)
Dee Wallace (Nettie the maid)
Tom Spratley (Charlie the doorman)
Patrick O’Neal (Dale Coba)
Links
Sequels
Revenge of the Stepford Wives (1980)
The Stepford Children (1987)
The Stepford Husbands (1996)
Extracts included in
The Android Prophecy (2001)
Dusk to Dawn Drive-In Trash-o-rama Show Southern Style Vol.2 (1995)
References
Periodicals
- Films and Filming no.352 (January 1984) p.4 – note (Newsreel: Video releases)
- Screen International no.69 (8 January 1977) p.20 – note (Stepford Wives’ at Essential)
Books
- Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Science Fiction by Phil Hardy (ed) p.321 – illustrated credits, review
- The Columbia Checklist: The Feature Films, Cartoons, Serials and Short Subjects of Columbia Pictures, 1922-1988 by Len D. Martin p.327
- Columbia Pictures Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Films, 1928-1982 by Michael R. Pitts pp.227-228
- Horror and Science Fiction Films II by Donald C. Willis p.373
- Horror Films of the 1970s by John Kenneth Muir pp.370-375 – credits, synopsis, review
- Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Film Sequels, Series, and Remakes Volume 2 by Kim R. Holston and Tom Winchester p.284-285
- Science Fiction Films of the Seventies by Craig W. Anderson pp.93-97
