Ash Wednesday 50 years old

Surgery took years off her face. But can it save her marriage?

Ash Wednesday

Barbara gets secret plastic surgery in Switzerland in an attempt to save her marriage to Mark, but he doesn't seem interested in meeting her. She checks in to a ski resort to wait for Mark, and begins getting attention from young men. Her daughter tries to warn her that even though she has had the surgery it might be too late for her marriage, but she clings to the hope that Mark will come back once he sees her new look. Meanwhile, she must decide whether or not have an affair with a young man she's met.

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Ash Wednesday Cast

Name Character
Henry Fonda He was 68, 77 years old when he died as Mark Sawyer
Margaret Blye She was 34, 76 years old when she died as Kate Sawyer
Elizabeth Taylor She was 41, 79 years old when she died as Barbara Sawyer
Keith Baxter He was 40, now 90 years old as David
Helmut Berger He was 29, now 79 years old as Erich
Rodolfo Lodi He was 61, now 112 years old as Prince Von Essen
Henning Schlüter He was 46, 73 years old when he died as Bridge Player
Andrea Esterhazy She was 60, 70 years old when she died as Comte d'Arnoud
Jose De Vega He was 39, 56 years old when he died as Tony Gutierrez
Carlo Puri as Paolo
Monique van Vooren She was 46, 92 years old when she died as German Woman
Dina Sassoli She was 53, 87 years old when she died as Nurse Ilse
Maurice Teynac He was 58, 76 years old when he died as Doctor Lambert

Ash Wednesday Crew

Name Department
Larry Peerce as Director. He was 43 (now 94) years old Directing
Jean Claude Tramont as Writer. Writing
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Ash Wednesday (50 years)

Surgery took years off her face. But can it save her marriage?

  • Release day: Thursday, November 01, 1973
  • Runtime: 99 minutes