Secrets of Three Hungry Wives explained

Director:	Gordon Hessler
Music:	John Carl Parker
Country:	United States
Language:	English
Producer:	Robert A. Papazian^[1]
Cinematography:	William Cronjager
Editor:	Gary Griffen
Runtime:	120 min.
Company:	Penthouse Productions (as Penthouse Productions, Inc. Cine Guarantors Inc.
Budget:	NBC
Network:	NBC

Secrets of Three Hungry Wives is a 1978 American television thriller film directed by Gordon Hessler, and starring Jessica Walter, Gretchen Corbett, Eve Plumb, and Heather MacRae. It was one of the later scripts written by Jo Heims prior to her death from breast cancer. Alan Surgal finished the script.

Plot

Three married women become suspects when a man they all had an affair with is murdered.

Cast

• Jessica Walter as Christina Wood
• Gretchen Corbett as Karen McClure
• Eve Plumb as Vicki Wood
• Heather MacRae as Lynn Briskin
• James Franciscus as Mark Powers
• Craig Stevens as Bill McClure
• Raymond St. Jacques as Detective Inspector George Dunbar

Reception

Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times said the film "offers compassionate comment, not social criticism, along with its supense."^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Secrets of Three Hungry Wives. https://web.archive.org/web/20190712012128/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b768d0769. dead. July 12, 2019. British Film Institute. February 29, 2020.
2. News: TV MOVIE REVIEW: Three Wives Had Motive in 'Secrets'. Thomas, Kevin. Kevin Thomas (film critic). Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. October 9, 1978. F18. Newspapers.com.