Cactus Flower

First scene for Ingrid Bergman as nurse Stephanie and Walter Matthau as New York dentist Julian, beginning with a call from the neighbor wanting to tell him his girlfriend (Goldie Hawn, introduced earlier) failed in her slightly kooky suicide attempt, Jack Weston his preoccupied patient, in Cactus Flower, 1969.

Dentist Julian (Walter Matthau), who knows nothing about the personal life of his nurse Stephanie (Ingrid Bergman), explains over drinks that he needs somebody to play the wife he made up, in order to reassure his girlfriend that she’s okay with them getting married, in Cactus Flower, 1969.

Dentist Julian (Walter Matthau), after getting a note saying his girlfriend Toni (Goldie Hawn) was planning suicide, arrives to find her alive, then becomes doubtful until he meets neighbor Igor (Rick Lenz), who rescued her, early in Cactus Flower, 1969.

Stephanie (Ingrid Bergman), nurse to Dr. Winston (Walter Matthau, not seen) has decided to act on his request to pretend to be his fictional, divorce-ready wife, visiting his nutty girlfriend Toni (Goldie Hawn) at work, in a Manhattan record store, in Cactus Flower, 1969.

In Manhattan on their first-ever daytime date, now that they've decided to get married, dentist Julian (Walter Matthau) discovers girlfriend Toni (Goldie Hawn) will insist on meeting his fictional wife, at the Guggenheim, in Cactus Flower, 1969.

Opening sequence with Sarah Vaughn singing a Quincy Jones original, introducing kooky Greenwich Village Toni (Goldie Hawn, in her Academy Award-winning role), from Cactus Flower, 1969, also starring Walter Matthau and Ingrid Bergman.

A philandering dentist asks his assistant to help him deal with his latest girlfriend in Cactus Flower (1969) starring Walter Matthau, Ingrid Bergman and Goldie Hawn.