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For Pete's Sake

1977, Movie, NR, 90 mins

For Pete's Sake: Review

A feeble attempt to do a Hawksian 1930s comedy in the 1970s. The shame of this was that coauthors Shapiro and Richlin both had several light comedies in their resumes (PILLOW TALK; OPERATION PETTICOAT; THAT TOUCH OF MINK; THE PERFECT FURLOUGH; etc.). Streisand is a big-mouthed Brooklyn housewife married to poor sap Sarrazin, a cabbie who is desperate to go back to school and out of the awful New York City traffic. He is tipped that the USSR and the US are about to conclude a... read more leave a comment

For Pete's Sake: Cast & Details

Year: 1977
Rated NR

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Cast
Barbra Streisand: Henry
Michael Sarrazin: Pete
Estelle Parsons: Helen
William Redfield: Fred
Molly Picon: Mrs. Cherry
Louis Zorich: Nick

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For Pete's Sake: TV Guide News

IN THE WORKS | Today's News: Our Take | 11/21/2005
Former Commander in Chief show-runner Rod Lurie is developing for ABC the drama pilot Triumph, about an 18-year-old youth who is named mayor of a small town — a concept that has been in the works "for a long time," says Lurie, deflecting talk that it was inspired by the recent election of teenage Linesville, Pa., mayor Chris Seeley.... Also per Variety: Ashton Kutcher is producing NBC's For Pete's Sake, a sitcom about five people who repeatedly die but fail to get into heaven, thus sending them back to Earth for another try. read more