The Good Wife (1986)
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25% of users liked it
(739 ratings)
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… More 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. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Bruce Barry, Bryan Brown
- Genres
- Art House & International, Drama
R,
- In Theaters
- May 14, 1987 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Urban Cinefile Critics, Urban Cinefile
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
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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice
Propelled by a coltish and convincing performance by Rachel Ward.
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Cast
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Rachel Ward
as Marge Hills
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Bryan Brown
as Sonny Hills
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Sam Neill
as Neville Gifford
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Steven Vidler
as Sugar Hills
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Jennifer Claire
as Daisy
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Bruce Barry
as Archie
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Peter Cummins
as Ned Hooper
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Carole Skinner
as Mrs. Gibson
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Barry Hill
as Mr. Fielding
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Susan Lyons
as Mrs. Fielding
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Helen Jones
as Rosie Gibbs
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Lisa Hensley
as Sylvia
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May Howlett
as Mrs. Carmichael
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Maureen Green
as Sal Day
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Garry Aron Cook
as Gerry Day
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Peter Ford
as Drunk in Bar
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Clarissa Kaye-Mason
as Mrs. Jackson
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Trevor Thomas
as Chemist
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Bill Bader
as Train Guard
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Craig Fuller
as Charlie
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Oliver Hall
as Mick Jones
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Margarita Haynes
as Greta
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Maurice Hughes
as Sargent
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Sue Ingleton
as Rita
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Harold Kissin
as Davis The Station master
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Dick May
as Waiter
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Philip Wilton
as Train Porter
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Robert Barrett
as Heckler at Bar
