Movie
Smooth Talk
Overview
Connie, the fifteen-year-old black sheep of her family, finds her summertime idyll of beach trips, mall hangouts, and innocent flirtations shattered by an encounter with a mysterious stranger.
Details
- Release date
- 1985-11-17
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Palmyra Films, American Playhouse, Goldcrest, Nepenthe Productions
- Country
- United States of America, United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Laura Dern as Connie Wyatt
- Treat Williams as Arnold Friend
- Mary Kay Place as Katherine Wyatt
- Levon Helm as Harry Wyatt
- Elizabeth Berridge as June Wyatt
- Margaret Welsh as Laura Condon
- Sara Inglis as Jill O'Mara
- William Ragsdale as Jeff
- Geoff Hoyle as Ellie Oscar
- David Berridge as Eddie Hunter
- Cab Covay as Cab Driver
- Joy Carlin as Laura's Mother
Crew
- Joyce Chopra - Director
- Tom Cole - Screenplay
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