Comedy drama

Husbands (1970): Cast, Ratings, Box Office & Plot

Name: Husbands
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: 1970-12-08
Duration: 2 h 34 min
Cast: Ben Gazzara, Peter Falk, John Kullers, Jenny Runacre, Jenny Lee Wright

Husbands is a 1970 comedy drama directed by John Cassavetes, starring Ben Gazzara, Peter Falk and John Kullers. It runs 2 hours 34 minutes and earned $2,735 worldwide. It earned 1 award nomination, including Best Screenplay at the Golden Globes 1971. Critics gave it 68% on Rotten Tomatoes and 66 on Metacritic.

Rotten Tomatoes: 68%
worldwide gross: $2.7K
award nomination: 1
Metascore: 66

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Released: December 8, 1970
Runtime: 2h 34m (154 min)
Director: John Cassavetes
Genres: Drama , Comedy
Original language: English
Studio: Columbia Pictures
After the credits: No No extra scene

The story

What Is Husbands About?

The premise of Husbands without spoilers. The whole story is in the plot summary further down.

Following the unexpected death of their close friend Stuart, Gus, Harry, and Archie find their comfortable lives disrupted. Struggling with mortality and facing midlife crises, the three men abandon their routines and embark on a series of increasingly wild and reckless adventures. Their experiences lead them on a shocking journey to London, where their marriages and long-standing friendships are put to the ultimate test.

Husbands Themes & Keywords

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Cast & crew

Husbands Cast

Ben Gazzara leads the cast, with Peter Falk and John Kullers. Directed by John Cassavetes; 9 actors are credited in all.

Director John Cassavetes

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Ratings

Husbands Reviews & Ratings

Critics gave Husbands 68% on Rotten Tomatoes and 66 on Metacritic.

Rotten Tomatoes

68% Tomatometer

Popcornmeter 79%
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Metacritic

66 Metascore
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TMDB

68% User score
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Plot

Husbands Plot Summary

What happens in Husbands from start to finish, spoilers included, with a timeline of 14 key events. The opening is below; the full summary is a 2-minute read.

Spoilers ahead

Gus, Harry Ben Gazzara, and Archie Peter Falk are three nominally happy husbands with families in suburban New York. They are professional men, driven and successful, and they have known each other since their school days. They have grown up together and have watched their youth quietly slip away, even as they try to preserve appearances of stability and progress. The sense that time is moving on around them becomes harder to ignore as their routine town lives begin to feel predictably hollow.

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