The Good Wife (1987)

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Originally titled The Umbrella Woman, The Good Wife is set in an Australian lumber town in 1939. Marge Hills (Rachel Ward), the bored wife of kindly-but-dull Sonny Hills (Bryan Brown) begins dreaming of outside romances. She unexpectedly gets her wish in the form of Sonny's much-younger brother Sugar (Steven Vidler), whom Sonny cheerfully offers to his wife as a surrogate bedmate. Given this curious arrangement, one wonders why Marge is so upset when she is propositioned by handsome stranger Neville Gifford (Sam Neill). Eventually, Gifford sleeps with every other woman in town but Marge. Fed up with the unimaginative lovers in her own house, Marge finally gives in to Gifford, arousing the jealousy not of the cloddish Sonny, but of the immature Sugar.

Rating:

R
Genre:

Art House & International, Drama
Directed By:

Ken Cameron
Written By:

Peter Kenna
In Theaters:

May 14, 1987 wide
On Disc/Streaming:

Dec 26, 2001
Runtime:

120 minutes
Studio:

Laughing Kookaburra

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Cast

Rachel Ward
as Marge Hills

Bryan Brown
as Sonny Hills

Sam Neill
as Neville Gifford

Steven Vidler
as Sugar Hills

Jennifer Claire
as Daisy

Bruce Barry
as Archie

Peter Cummins
as Ned Hooper

Carole Skinner
as Mrs. Gibson

Clarissa Kaye-Mason
as Mrs. Jackson

Barry Hill
as Mr. Fielding

Susan Lyons
as Mrs Fielding

Helen Jones
as Rosie Gibbs

Lisa Hensley
as Sylvia

May Howlett
as Mrs. Carmichael

Maureen Green
as Sal Day

Garry Aron Cook
as Gerry Day

Harold Kissin
as Davis, The Station master

Oliver Hall
as Mick Jones

Sue Ingleton
as Rita

Robert Barrett
as Heckler at Bar

Maurice Hughes
as Sgt. Larkin

Margarita Haynes
as Greta

Bill Bader
as Train Guard

Dick May
as Waiter

Trevor Thomas
as Chemist

Philip Wilton
as Train Porter

Craig Fuller
as Charlie

Peter Ford
as Drunk in Bar

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Critic Reviews for The Good Wife

All Critics (4) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (2) | Rotten (2)

May have been more successful had director Ken Cameron taken a less earnest approach...All the same, performances are tops, especially Bryan Brown and on and off screen wife Rachel Ward

May 23, 2008 | Full Review…

Urban Cinefile Critics

Urban Cinefile

Propelled by a coltish and convincing performance by Rachel Ward.

Aug 27, 2004 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…