
25 Apr 1979

Manhattan
Manhattan explores how the life of a middle-aged television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.
Falling for a beautiful woman can be murder!
A writer of BAD detective novels is in full writers' block. He pretends to be the alibi of a beautiful woman who was arrested for murder at first thinking her innocent, but as she shows more and more interesting abilities (such as knife throwing) he begins to doubt his first assessment.
Phil Blackwood
Nina
Sam
Frank Polito
Gary Blackwood
Sally Blackwood
'Lucy' Comanescu
Avram
Troppa
Farrell
Rose
Millie
Oliver
FX
Audrey
Laura
Nina's Father
Nina's Mother
Laurie
Greg
25 Apr 1979
Manhattan explores how the life of a middle-aged television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.
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