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Happy Birthday, Wanda June is a american film of genre Drama directed by Mark Robson released in USA on 9 december 1971 with Rod Steiger
Happy Birthday, Wanda June (1971)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 9 december 1971
Length 1h45
Directed by Mark Robson
OriginUSA
Themes Films based on plays
Rating59%
Happy Birthday, Wanda June is a play by Kurt Vonnegut, and a 1971 film adaptation, directed by Mark Robson.
Synopsis
The opening of this play is "This is a simple-minded play about men who enjoy killing, and those who don't."Actors
Rod Steiger
(Harold Ryan)
Susannah York
(Penelope Ryan)
George Grizzard
(Dr. Norbert Woodley)
Don Murray
(Herb Shuttle)
William Hickey
(Looseleaf Harper)
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