Hungry Wives (1972)

Joan Mitchell is an unhappy, middle-aged suburban housewife with an uncommunicative businessman husband and a distant 19 year old daughter on the verge of moving out of the house. Frustrated at her current situation, Joan seeks solace in witchcraft after visiting a local tarot reader and leader of a secret black arts wicca set, who inspires Joan to follow her own path. After dabbling in witchcraft and believing she has become a real witch, Joan withdraws into a fantasy world and sinks deeper and deeper into her new lifestyle until the line between fantasy and reality becomes blurred.

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Drama

Top billed cast

Jan WhiteJoan Mitchell
Raymond LaineGregg Williamson
Ann MufflyShirley Randolph
Joedda McClainNikki Mitchell
Bill ThunhurstJack Mitchell
Neil FisherDr. Miller
S. William HinzmanThe Intruder
Esther LapidusSylvia
Dan MallingerSergeant Frazer
Daryl MontgomeryLarry

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