Directed by:
Richard LesterScreenplay:
Barbara TurnerCinematography:
Nicolas RoegComposer:
John BarryCast:
Julie Christie, George C. Scott, Richard Chamberlain, Arthur Hill, Shirley Knight, Pippa Scott, Kathleen Widdoes, Richard Dysart, Ruth Kobart, Ellen Geer (more)Plots(1)
Set in summer-of-love-era San Francisco, Julie Christie plays a unhappily married socialite trying to get through to a recently divorced doctor (George C. Scott), who in his own words just wants to "feel something." He'll soon feel, even hurt, a lot. Because we know why kooky Petulia so desperately reaches out. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Julie Christie](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/998/163998922_5bede2.jpg)
Julie Christie
Best movies:
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
A Long Way from Home: Dadah Is Death (1988) (TV movie)
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
![George C. Scott](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/903/162903645_39aa26.png)
George C. Scott
USA
Best movies:
![Richard Chamberlain](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/379/161379609_c08aff.jpg)
Richard Chamberlain
USA
Best movies:
The Towering Inferno (1974)
Shogun (1980) (series)
The Three Musketeers (1973)
![Arthur Hill](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/003/158003784_436635.jpg)
Arthur Hill
Canada
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
Columbo (1971) (series)
![Shirley Knight](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/396/396150_6afe70.jpg)
Shirley Knight
USA
Best movies:
As Good as It Gets (1997)
Indictment: The McMartin Trial (1995) (TV movie)
Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)
![Pippa Scott](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/454/158454966_62ca9b.jpg)
Pippa Scott
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Columbo (1971) (series)
The Searchers (1956)
![Kathleen Widdoes](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/426/158426745_8776f1.gif)
Kathleen Widdoes
USA
Best movies:
Petulia (1968)
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can (1982)
Without a Trace (1983)
![Richard Dysart](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/802/157802516_2ce59e.jpg)
Richard Dysart
USA
Best movies:
The Thing (1982)
Back to the Future Part III (1990)
Being There (1979)
Ruth Kobart
USA
Best movies:
Dirty Harry (1971)
Petulia (1968)
Sister Act (1992)
![Ellen Geer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/431/431589_fb5dd0.jpg)
Ellen Geer
USA
Best movies:
Harold and Maude (1971)
Phenomenon (1996)
I Want to Live (1983) (TV movie)
![Joseph Cotten](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267528_2ea5a9.jpg)
Joseph Cotten
USA
Best movies:
Gaslight (1944)
Citizen Kane (1941)
The Third Man (1949)
![Austin Pendleton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272655_4e7b73.jpg)
Austin Pendleton
USA
Best movies:
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Finding Nemo (2003)
The Front Page (1974)
![Rene Auberjonois](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/040/166040421_34d38f.jpg)
Rene Auberjonois
USA
Best movies:
The Last Unicorn (1982)
The Little Mermaid (1989)
McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
Jerry Garcia
USA
Best movies:
Petulia (1968)
Heartbeeps (1981)
![Janis Joplin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273265_fd912e.jpg)
Janis Joplin
USA
Best movies:
Kozmic Blues (2007)
Petulia (1968)
![Howard Hesseman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/407/407734_0440c2.jpg)
Howard Hesseman
USA
Best movies:
Silent Movie (1976)
The Sunshine Boys (1975)
This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
Barbara Colby
USA
Best movies:
Columbo (1971) (series)
California Split (1974)
Petulia (1968)
![Bob Weir](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/197/161197183_66177d.jpg)
Mickey Hart
Best movies:
Petulia (1968)
![Mel Stewart](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/590/160590051_a075ac.jpg)
Mel Stewart
USA
Best movies:
Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
Let's Do It Again (1975)