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For Pete's Sake

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For Pete's Sake
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PG,1hr 30min
Genres:
Comedy,Romance
Release:
1974
Director:
Peter Yates
Distributor:
Columbia TriStar
Starring:
Barbra Streisand, Michael Sarrazin, Estelle Parsons  ...more
Synopsis: Barbra Streisand returns to the screwball-comedy milieu of What's Up Doc? in the lightweight For Pete's Sake. As a Brooklyn hausfrau named Henry (!), our heroine will do anything to help her cabdriver husband Pete (Michael Sarrazin) get ahead. When Pete begins to play the stock market, Henry borrows three grand from a loan shark, thereby setting off a series of comic catastrophes. Molly Picon is perfection itself as a money-savvy madam who holds the key to Pete and Henry's happiness and well-being. ... Full Synopsis
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Craig Butler, AMG Review
Essentially a "contractual obligation" film for Barbra Streisand, For Pete's Sake was surprisingly popular in its initial release. Mining territory they had visited earlier (if perhaps more subtly) in their Doris Day sex comedies, screenwriters Shapiro and Richlin set up a series of incidents that allow the star to show off her lighter, screwball side. She seems to be having a lot of fun, as if she ... Full Review
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Barbra Streisand in a promo shot for 1974's "For Pete's Sake"
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