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Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams

5.619731h 33mPGMovieDrama

Rita, a middle aged New York City homemaker, finds herself in an emotional crisis which forces her to re-examine her life, as well as her relationships with her mother, her eye doctor husband, her alienated daughter and estranged son.

DirectorGilbert Cates
WriterStewart Stern
ProducersJack Brodsky·Gilbert Cates

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Cast · Directed by Gilbert Cates

JWJoanne Woodward
Joanne Woodward
Rita Walden
MBMartin Balsam
Martin Balsam
Harry Walden
SSSylvia Sidney
Sylvia Sidney
Mrs. Pritchard - Rita's Mother
THTresa Hughes
Tresa Hughes
Betty Goody
DBDori Brenner
Dori Brenner
Anna
RR
Ron Richards
Bobby Walden
WF
Win Forman
Fred
NA
Nancy Andrews
Mrs. Hungerford
HL
Helen Ludlam
Grandmother
JGJill Goldston
Jill Goldston
Underground Passanger (uncredited)

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