Andrew Duggan plays the title role in The Chapman Report, he's the doctor who
is conducting a survey of marriage from the women's point of view. Today there
ain't no way that he could do this and not use women interviewers.
Three married women and a young widow are zeroed in on and we see that all is not well in their relationships. The young widow is Jane Fonda suffers from frigidity. She won't let herself go with any man.
The other three don't have that problem. Glynis Johns who is an artist and a nymphomaniac has her story done for comic relief as she goes great lengths to get some alone time with Ty Hardin whom she eyes like prime cut in the butcher shop. Shelley Winters is involved in a long term affair with Ray Danton, cheating on her husband John Dehner.
Claire Bloom has the best story and The Chapman Report would have been a great film had it been just her story. It had the potential to be a stand alone story. Bloom has just allowed herself to be degraded and used by men. She has one real bad encounter and the results are tragic.
Overall the film is trash, high class trash to be sure, but still trash. This maybe the worst film that George Cukor ever put his name to.
Three married women and a young widow are zeroed in on and we see that all is not well in their relationships. The young widow is Jane Fonda suffers from frigidity. She won't let herself go with any man.
The other three don't have that problem. Glynis Johns who is an artist and a nymphomaniac has her story done for comic relief as she goes great lengths to get some alone time with Ty Hardin whom she eyes like prime cut in the butcher shop. Shelley Winters is involved in a long term affair with Ray Danton, cheating on her husband John Dehner.
Claire Bloom has the best story and The Chapman Report would have been a great film had it been just her story. It had the potential to be a stand alone story. Bloom has just allowed herself to be degraded and used by men. She has one real bad encounter and the results are tragic.
Overall the film is trash, high class trash to be sure, but still trash. This maybe the worst film that George Cukor ever put his name to.