The Stepford Wives (1975) This 1975 motion picture is a must see. It is still widely available at outlets such as Amazon.com and Reel.com. Starring: Katharine Ross, Paula Prentiss, Peter Masterson and Tina Louise. Directed by: Bryan Forbes. Based on a novel by: Ira Levin. Follow Joanna Eberhart as she discovers the truth behind the small town of Stepford, Connecticut. The wives are beautiful, very eager-to-please and submissive, and impossibly "perfect" - Or are they? Joanna Eberhart, a woman from New York City who together with her husband and children, move to pleasant Stepford hoping for the best. But there is something peculiar about the wives in Stepford, and Joanna is especially taken aback by the change she sees in her once independent friends as they all of a sudden transform into mild, docile housewives overnight. Along with another newcomer, Bobbie Markowe (Paula Prentiss), Joanna starts an investigation that leads her to the "Men's Association" where she finds the horrific truth behind it all!