Desc: The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds: Directed by Paul Newman. With Joanne Woodward, Nell Potts, Roberta Wallach, Judith Lowry. Middle-aged misfit Beatrice Hunsdorfer struggles to raise her two daughters, popular epileptic Ruth and promising science student Matilda, in this film version of Paul Zindel's stage play.