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Overview
A broadway playwright is burning the candle at both ends. He is dealing with pressure from a production nearing premiere, a wife who is leaving him, and 5 children 4 of which belong to her.
Details
- Release date
- 1982-06-18
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- 20th Century Fox
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Al Pacino as Ivan Travalian
- Dyan Cannon as Alica Detroit
- Tuesday Weld as Gloria Travalian
- Bob Dishy as Morris Finestein
- Bob Elliott as Patrick Dicker
- Ray Goulding as Jackie Dicker
- Eric Gurry as Igor
- Elva Josephson as Bonnie (as Elva Leff)
- B.J. Barie as Spike
- Ari Meyers as Debbie
- Benjamin H. Carlin as Geraldo
- Alan King as Kreplich
Crew
- Arthur Hiller - Director
- Israel Horovitz - Writer
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