The Stepford Wives (1975 film) the women's movement." Three television film sequels have been produced, including: The Stepford Wives (1975 film) The Stepford Wives is a 1975 American science-fiction horror film based on the 1972 Ira Levin novel of the same name. It was directed by Bryan Forbes with a screenplay by William Goldman, and stars Katharine Ross, Paula Prentiss, and Peter Masterson. While the film was a moderate success at the time of release, it has grown in stature as a cult film over the years. Building upon the reputation of Levin's novel, the term "Stepford" or "Stepford Wife" has become a popular science
The Woman in White (novel) her fortune of £20,000 (then an enormous sum of money) by default falls to her husband on her death. This provides the motive for the conspiracy of her unscrupulous husband and his co-conspirator Fosco. In his later "Man and Wife", Collins portrays another victim of the law's partiality, who takes a terrible revenge on her husband. The novel was first published in serial form in 1859–60, appearing in Charles Dickens' magazine "All the Year Round" (UK) and "Harper's Weekly" (USA). It was published in book form in 1860. The novel was extremely successful commercially, but contemporary critics were generally hostile.