Secrets of Three Hungry Wives

Secrets of Three Hungry Wives is a 1978 American television thriller film directed by Gordon Hessler, and starring Jessica Walter, Gretchen Corbett, Eve Plumb, and Heather MacRae. It was one of the later scripts written by Jo Heims prior to her death from breast cancer. Alan Surgal finished the script.^[3]

Secrets of Three Hungry Wives
Genre	Drama[1] thriller[2]
Written by	Jo Heims
Directed by	Gordon Hessler
Starring	Jessica Walter Gretchen Corbett Eve Plumb
Music by	John Carl Parker
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Florence Small[1] Alan Surgal[1]
Producer	Robert A. Papazian[1]
Cinematography	William Cronjager[1]
Editor	Gary Griffen[1]
Running time	120 min.
Production companies	Penthouse Productions (as Penthouse Productions, Inc. Cine Guarantors Inc.
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	October 9, 1978 (1978-10-09)[3]

Plot

Three married women become suspects when a man they all had an affair with is murdered.

Cast

• Jessica Walter as Christina Wood
• Gretchen Corbett as Karen McClure
• Eve Plumb as Vicki Wood
• Heather MacRae as Lynn Briskin
• James Franciscus as Mark Powers
• Craig Stevens as Bill McClure
• Raymond St. Jacques as Detective Inspector George Dunbar

Reception

Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times said the film "offers compassionate comment, not social criticism, along with its supense."^[3]