
Stand Up and Be Counted
1972-05-01 · 99 min · ★ 7.0
Sheila is a newspaper reporter who returns to her home town in order to write an article about the progress of the liberation of the women. Arriving at the town she is very surprised to see that her sister and also her mother agree very much with the feministic arguments.
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- Directors
- Jackie Cooper
- Production companies
- Frankovich Productions, Columbia Pictures
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
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Jacqueline BissetSheila Hammond
Stella StevensYvonne Kellerman
Steve LawrenceGary McBride
Gary LockwoodEliot Travis
Lee PurcellKaren Hammond
Loretta SwitHilary McBride
Héctor ElizondoLou Kellerman
Anne FrancineMabel Hammond
Madlyn RhueGloria Seagar
Michael AnsaraPlayboy Speaker
Joyce BrothersDr. Joyce Brothers
Meredith BaxterTracy
Greg MullaveyHarley Burton
Nancy WalkerAgnes
Edith AtwaterSophie
Jeff DonnellRuth
Kathleen FreemanSarah
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