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.
Lucky Break
If she can hide her past, and he can hide his present, they just might have a future.
Sophie, a writer of racy romance novels, is working on one of her stories in the library, when Eddie overhears her. Sophie, embarrassed by her paralyzed leg from childhood polio, spurns his advances, but when Sophie breaks her leg, she has the perfect way of hiding her disability from Eddie. As Sophie struggles to win over Eddie and hide her disability, Eddie's jealous fiance and a police officer investigating a jewel heist threaten their relationship.
Top Billed Cast
Gia Carides Sophie
Anthony LaPaglia Eddie Mercer
Rebecca Gibney Gloria Wrightman
Robyn Nevin Anne-Marie LePine
Marshall Napier George LePine
Jacek Koman Yuri Borodinoff
Siobhan Tuke Kate
Lewis Fiander Bruce Wrightman
Mary-Anne Fahey Myra
Michael Edward-Stevens Benny
Steady Eddy Nicholas
Michael Veitch Scott
Russell Fletcher Tyrone
Nicholas Bell Sophie's Doctor
Kurt Ludescher Ernst
David Watson Professor Type at Party
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