Period of Adjustment

Academy Award winner Jane Fonda stars with Jim Hutton, Lois Nettleton and Tony Franciosa in this film of playwright Tennessee Williams’ lighthearted Period of Adjustment. Isabel (Fonda) is a nurse in a military hospital. George (Hutton) is her patient., This was the first feature-length film directed by the very successful George Roy Hill. Based on a Tennessee Williams’ novel, this standard comedy-drama focuses on two married couples who are both having a hard time of it, at least for now. The first couple, Isabel and George Haverstick (Jane Fonda in an early role, and Jim Hutton), are in trouble because George has bouts of intense fear ultimately brought on by his need to appear to be as macho as he can — basically his problem is performance anxiety. The second couple, Ralph and Dorothea Baitz (Tony Franciosa and Lois Nettleton) have their problems centering on the fact that he married her for her money — and she knows it. What she may not realize is that after six years of marriage he has fallen in love with her. Added to that difficulty is the problem of meddlesome in-laws., Comedy which explores the emotional instability of two couples. Based on a Tennessee Williams play., An exploration of the problems facing newlyweds who tied the knot on a whim, and an older married couple, the husband of whom got hitched because he stood to inherit his father-in-law’s business. An exploration of the problems facing newlyweds who tied the knot on a whim, and an older married couple, the husband of whom got hitched because he stood to inherit his father-in-law’s business., Comedy which explores the emotional instability of two couples. Based on a Tennessee Williams play. Starring Jane Fonda and Anthony Franciosa., An exploration of the problems facing newlyweds who tied the knot on a whim, and an older married couple, the husband of whom got hitched because he stood to inherit his father-in-law’s business. An adaptation of a Tennessee Williams play., An exploration of the problems facing newlyweds who tied the knot on a whim, and an older married couple, the husband of whom got hitched because he stood to inherit his father-in-law’s business.