The Sterile Cuckoo (1969)
Uptight college freshman Jerry Payne finds a carefree friend in zany Pookie. After an awkward meeting on the bus, Pookie quickly works her way into Jerry's life. She makes an unannounced visit to Jerry's campus, and before long annoyance turns to affection, and friendship turns to romance. But with Pookie's increasingly neurotic behavior, how long can this love affair last?
- Released
- 1969-10-22
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Alan J. Pakula, Alvin Sargent
- TMDB rating
- 5.6/10 from 32 votes
Cast
- Liza Minnelli as Pookie Adams
- Wendell Burton as Jerry Payne
- Tim McIntire as Charlie Schumacher
- Anita Alberts as (uncredited)
- Eric Best as (uncredited)
- Chris Bugbee as Eddie Roe (uncredited)
- Becki Davis as (uncredited)
- Philip S. Derfler as (uncredited)
- Sandy Faison as Nancy Putnam (uncredited)
- Mark P. Fish as (uncredited)
- A. Frederick Gooseen as (uncredited)
- Elizabeth Harrower as Landlady (uncredited)
More like this
- About Alex (2014)
- House of D (2004)
- Landline (2017)
- Almost Friends (2017)
- Class Act (1992)
- The Clique (2008)
- Class (1983)
- CQ (2001)
- SubUrbia (1997)
- Mickybo and Me (2005)
- Tyler Perry's Madea on the Run - The Play (2017)
- Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer (2025)