

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
1969-09-17 · 105 min · ★ 6.3
After returning to Los Angeles from a group therapy session, documentary filmmaker Bob Sanders and his wife, Carol, find themselves becoming vigilante couples counselors, offering unsolicited advice to their best friends, Ted and Alice Henderson. Not wanting to be rude, the Hendersons play along, but some latent sexual tension among the four soon comes bubbling to the surface, and long-buried desires don't stay buried for long.
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- Directors
- Paul Mazursky
- Production companies
- Frankovich Productions, Columbia Pictures
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 2,000,000
- Revenue
- USD 30,000,000
Top Cast
Natalie WoodCarol Sanders
Robert CulpBob Sanders
Elliott GouldTed Henderson
Dyan CannonAlice Henderson
Horst EbersbergHorst
Lee BergereEmilio
K.T. StevensPhyllis
Celeste YarnallSusan
Lynn BordenCutter
Greg MullaveyGroup Leader
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