The Secret Life of an American Wife

The Secret Life of an American Wife is a 1968 comedy film written, produced and directed by George Axelrod. The film was released by 20th Century Fox in 1968, and was considered a box-office failure. It features a music score by Billy May. Edy Williams has a supporting role in the film as the Laytons' blonde bombshell neighbor.

Plot
Victoria Layton is a suburban housewife who is dissatisfied with her marriage, and fears that her sex appeal is fading. Her husband works as a press agent, and his only client is a movie star who is known as an international sex symbol.

On hearing that The Movie Star indulges in the services of prostitutes, Victoria decides to surreptitiously pose as one to prove to herself that she is still sexually attractive.

Cast

 * Walter Matthau as The Movie Star
 * Anne Jackson as Victoria Layton
 * Patrick O'Neal as Tom Layton
 * Edy Williams as Susie Steinberg
 * Richard Bull as Howard
 * Paul Napier as Herb Steinberg
 * Gary Brown as Jimmy
 * Albert Carrier as Jean-Claude

Reception
According to Fox records, the film required $4,300,000 in rentals to break even, and by December 11, 1970, it had made $3,725,000, for a net a loss to the studio.