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The Female Instinct
7.0 / 10• 1972• 1h 40m•NR• English
ComedyCrimeDramaMysteryTV Movie
Storyline
A spinster and her widowed sister, both authors of murder mystery novels, try to track down the killer of a former movie star. Pilot to TV series The Snoop Sisters.
Cast & Crew
Helen Hayes
Ernesta Snoop
Lead
Mildred Natwick
Gwendolyn Snoop Nicholson
Charlie Callas
Charlie
Jill Clayburgh
Mary Nero
Bill Dana
Melvin Kaplan
Ed Flanders
Milo Perkins
Kurt Kasznar
Alexander Scalamdri
Edward Platt
Julius Nero
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Leonard B. Stern's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Female Instinct is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
