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The Stepford Husbands (1996)

The Stepford Husbands poster
Directed by
Fred Walton
Genre
science fiction film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 36m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman grows suspicious when her husband and other men in their town start acting unnaturally docile and perfect. She investigates a mysterious organization that may be replacing them with obedient robotic duplicates.

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What happens

The Stepford Husbands is a 1996 American science fiction thriller television film inspired by Ira Levin's 1972 novel The Stepford Wives. It was directed by Fred Walton, written by Ken and Jim Wheat, and stars Donna Mills, Michael Ontkean, Cindy Williams, Sarah Douglas and Louise Fletcher. It is the third in a series of sequels inspired by the novel and the 1975 film The Stepford Wives. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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