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Plot

Barbra Streisand returns to the screwball-comedy milieu of What's Up Doc? in the lightweight For Pete's Sake. As a Brooklyn hausfrau named Henry (!), our heroine will do anything to help her cabdriver husband Pete (Michael Sarrazin) get ahead. When Pete begins to play the stock market, Henry borrows three grand from a loan shark, thereby setting off a series of comic catastrophes. Molly Picon is perfection itself as a money-savvy madam who holds the key to Pete and Henry's happiness and well-being. For Pete's Sake was originally titled July Pork Bellies, a curious cognomen that makes perfect sense within the context of the plotline.
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Comedy,Romance
Run Time:
90min.
DVD Release Date:
04/03/2001
Director(s):
Peter Yates
Starring:
Barbra Streisand , Michael Sarrazin , Estelle Parsons , William Redfield , Molly Picon
Themes:
Down on Their Luck,Race Against Time,Cons and Scams
Tone:
Bright,Light,Madcap,Quirky,Whimsical
Keywords:
cab-driver,husband-and-wife,loan-shark,madam,stock-market,wife
Language:
English