The Stepford Wives (1975 film) 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 fiction concept and several sequels were shot, as well as a
Bernard Levin with "Truth's" support of the Anglo-French military action in the Suez Crisis. The proprietor and editor of the long-established weekly "The Spectator", Ian Gilmour, invited Levin to join his staff. Levin left "Truth" and became the political correspondent of "The Spectator". He declared that he was no expert in politics, but Gilmour advised him, "review it as you would review television". Levin wrote his column under the pseudonym "Taper", from the name of a corrupt political insider in Disraeli's 1844 novel "Coningsby". He followed Gilmour's advice, becoming, as "The Guardian"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Simon Hoggart said, "the father of the modern parliamentary sketch":