Natural Enemies (1979)
The bizarre premise for this often remote and uninvolving drama is that an otherwise apparently normal man can become so alienated from his own feelings and his own wife and children that he plans their murder. Paul Steward (Hal Holbrook) and his wife (Louise Fletcher) are about as interesting as a TV test pattern. Although Paul has realized the American Dream -- that it to say, he has money and is successful in business -- he finds the dream hollow and meaningless. Instead of waking up, he decides that his family is to blame for everything and begins to make elaborate plans for killing them off, talking it over with others and disguising it as a fictional story for his magazine. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Starring:
- Hal Holbrook, Louise Fletcher, (more)
- Director(s):
- Jeff Kanew
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
Synopsis of Natural Enemies
The bizarre premise for this often remote and uninvolving drama is that an otherwise apparently normal man can become so alienated from his own feelings and his own wife and children that he plans their murder. Paul Steward (Hal Holbrook) and his wife (Louise Fletcher) are about as interesting as a TV test pattern. Although Paul has realized the American Dream -- that it to say, he has money and is successful in business -- he finds the dream hollow and meaningless. Instead of waking up, he decides that his family is to blame for everything and begins to make elaborate plans for killing them off, talking it over with others and disguising it as a fictional story for his magazine. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
Complete Cast of Natural Enemies
- Hal Holbrook - Paul Steward
- Peter Armstrong - Tony Steward
- Jim Pappas - Man on train
- John Bartholomew - Astronaut
- José Ferrer - Harry Rosenthal
- June Berry - Girl in brothel
- Patricia Mauceri - Girl in brothel
- Claire Reilly - Girls in Brothel
- Frank Bongiorno - Cabdriver
- Patricia Elliott - Woman on train
- Robert Perry - Newscaster
- Louise Fletcher - Miriam Steward
- Steve Austin - Alex Steward
- Ellen Barber - Secretary
- Charles Randall - Doctor
- Lisa Carroll - The Madam
- Alisha Fontaine - Girl in brothel
- Michele O'Brien - Girl in Brothel
- Viveca Lindfors - Dr. Baker
- Harry Daley - Conductor
- Elizabeth Berridge - Sheila Steward
- Michael Sheehan
- Director(s):
- Jeff Kanew
- Writer(s):
- Jeff Kanew
- Producer(s):
- John E. Quill
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Nudity, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Language, Profanity, Violence)
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