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Divorce American Style is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Bud Yorkin released in USA on 21 june 1967 with Dick Van Dyke
Divorce American Style (1967)
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Add to a movie listDivorce American Style is a 1967 American satirical comedy film directed by Bud Yorkin and starring Dick Van Dyke, Debbie Reynolds, Jean Simmons, Jason Robards and Van Johnson. Norman Lear produced the film and wrote the script based on a story by Robert Kaufman. It focuses on a married couple that opts for divorce when counseling fails to help them resolve their various problems, and the problems presented to divorced people by alimony. The title is an homage to Divorce Italian Style (1961).
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After seventeen years of marriage, affluent Los Angeles suburban couple Richard Harmon (Van Dyke) and his wife Barbara (Reynolds) seem to have it all, but they're constantly bickering. When they discover they can no longer communicate, even to argue, they make an effort to salvage their relationship through counseling. But after catching each other emptying their joint bank accounts (at the urging of friends), they file for divorce.Actors
Dick Van Dyke
(Richard Harmon)
Debbie Reynolds
(Barbara Harmon)
Jason Robards
(Nelson Downes)
Jean Simmons
(Nancy Downes)
Van Johnson
(Al Yearling)
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