Loving is a 1970 American comedy-drama film released by Columbia Pictures and directed by Irvin Kershner. It is based on the novel Brooks Wilson Ltd. written by pulp magazine illustrator John McDermott under his pen name J.M. Ryan. The movie starred George Segal in the lead role of a philandering illustrator and Eva Marie Saint as his wife. The cast included Sterling Hayden, David Doyle, Keenan Wynn, Roy Scheider, and Sherry Lansing. Broadway actress Betsy von Furstenberg has a small uncredited role, only one of two motion pictures she ever appeared in. Plot Brooks Wilson is a busy man, juggling his work as a commercial artist with a marriage to Selma, and two young daughters. He also has a girlfriend on the side, Grace, who wants him to commit to her, but he cannot do it. Brooks is trying desperately to land an elusive account from Lepridon, but this is seeming harder to achieve than he thought. One evening they attend a party at a grand Connecticut home. Feeling his life is falling apart, Brooks seduces flirty Nelly, wife of his associate Will. They go to a children's playhouse outside the main house, and their indiscretions are caught on closed-circuit television. Selma and Will are devastated. Brooks and Will fall into a fist-fight. After the commotion dies down, the harried Brooks tells Selma that he finally landed the Lepridon account. She smacks him with her handbag, and they stare at each other in silence, seeing their marriage honestly for the first time. Cast George Segal as Brooks Wilson Eva Marie Saint as Selma Wilson Sterling Hayden as Mr. Lepridon Keenan Wynn as Edward Nancie Phillips as Nelly Parks Janis Young as Grace David Doyle as Will Parks Paul Sparer as Marve Andrew Duncan as Willy Wulfman Sherry Lansing as Susan Roland Winters as Tom "Plommie" Plommer Edgar Stehli as Mr. Kramm Calvin Holt as Danny Mina Kolb as Diane Diana Douglas as Mrs. Shavelson David Ford as Al James Manis as Charles Mart Hulswit as Ted John Fink as Brad William Duffy as Jay Irving Selbst as Benny Martin Harvey Friedberg as Roger Lorraine Cullen as Lizzie Wilson Cheryl Bucher as Hannah Wilson Ed Crowley as Mr. Shavelson Roy Scheider as Skip Geiser Sab Shimono as Byron Eileen O'Neill as Cindy Diane Davies as Barbie Critical reception The film has generally been well received by critics. Steven Scheuer found the