Husbands is a 1970 film written and directed by John Cassavetes. The movie follows ordinary men during their midlife crisis when a mutual friend dies. Husbands stars Ben Gazzara, Peter Falk and John Cassavetes.

Husbands follows three ordinary men as they hit a midlife crisis when one of their mutual friends dies. The three men, Harry, Archie and Gus are suddenly confronted with the fact that they are becoming older. They decide to escape from their day-to-day life and live a free life for two days, and even go on a joyful holiday without the family. In the end, Archie and Gus want to return to their normal lives, but Harry wants to linger on.

• Ben Gazzara as Harry

• Peter Falk as Archie Black

• John Cassavetes as Gus Demetri

• Jenny Runacre as Mary Tynan

• Jenny Lee Wright as Pearl Billingham

"It is almost unbearably long. It is a narrative film without any real narrative, and although it is a movie about three characters, those characters are seen almost exclusively in terms of their limiting relationship."—Vincent Canby, The New York Timeshttp://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/husbands/articles/1388672/it_is_almost_unbearably_long_it_is_a_narrative_film_without_any_real_narrative_and_although_it_is_a_movie_about_three_characters_those_characters_are_seen_almost_exclusively_in_terms_of_their_limiting_relationship

"John Cassavetes' Husbands is disappointing in the way Antonioni's Zabriskie Point was. It shows an important director not merely failing, but not even understanding why."—Roger Ebert,Chicago Sun-Timeshttp://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19700101/REVIEWS/1010310/1023