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Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

Consider the Possibilities

19696.31h 45m

Overview

After returning to Los Angeles from a group therapy session, documentary filmmaker Bob Sanders and his wife, Carol, find themselves becoming vigilante couples counselors, offering unsolicited advice to their best friends, Ted and Alice Henderson. Not wanting to be rude, the Hendersons play along, but some latent sexual tension among the four soon comes bubbling to the surface, and long-buried desires don't stay buried for long.

Directed by Paul Mazursky
Written by Paul Mazursky, Larry Tucker
Produced by Larry Tucker
Box OfficeBudget: $2.0MRevenue: $30.0M

Top Cast

Natalie Wood

Natalie Wood

Carol Sanders

Robert Culp

Robert Culp

Bob Sanders

Elliott Gould

Elliott Gould

Ted Henderson

Dyan Cannon

Dyan Cannon

Alice Henderson

Horst Ebersberg

Horst Ebersberg

Horst

Lee Bergere

Lee Bergere

Emilio

D

Donald F. Muhich

Psychiatrist

N

Noble Lee Holderread Jr.

Sean Sanders

K.T. Stevens

K.T. Stevens

Phyllis

Celeste Yarnall

Celeste Yarnall

Susan

Themes & Keywords

friendstherapypolyamoryfoursome

About Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice is a comedy, drama film released in 1969 exploring themes of friends, therapy, polyamory, foursome. Directed by Paul Mazursky, it stars Natalie Wood, Robert Culp, Elliott Gould. After returning to Los Angeles from a group therapy session, documentary filmmaker Bob Sanders and his wife, Carol, find themselves becoming vigilante couples counselors, offering unsolicited advice to their best friends, Ted and Alice Henderson. Not wanting to be rude, the Hendersons play along, but some latent sexual tension among the four soon comes bubbling to the surface, and long-buried desires don't stay buried for long.

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