- HD 1080
- Runtime: 103m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Gene Saks
- Stars: Walter Matthau, Ingrid Bergman, Goldie Hawn, Jack Weston, Rick Lenz
- keywords: nurse, mine, lovelorn
- Production_studio: Frankovich Productions, Columbia Pictures
- Slogan: The prickly stage success that convulsed audiences around the world... with all its barbed wit and the sharpest comedy cast of the year!
- The Cactus Flower is featured in the top rankings of 1969
- #11 in Top Comedy Movies of 1969
- #4 in Top Romance Movies of 1969
Distraught when her middle-aged lover breaks a date with her, 21-year-old Toni Simmons attempts suicide. Impressed by her action, her lover, dentist Julian Winston reconsiders marrying Toni, but he worries about her insistence on honesty. Having fabricated a wife and three children, Julian readily accepts when his devoted nurse, Stephanie, who has secretly loved Julian for years, offers to act as his wife and demand a divorce.