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.
Crime Wave
He was a quiet man...
A young director intent on making "the greatest color crime movie ever" can't seem to finish his script--he has a beginning and an end, but he can't quite figure out the middle. The daughter of his landlord, excited to have a real "movie person" living nearby, tries to help by putting him in touch with a man who wants to collaborate on a script--the strange "Dr. Jolly"
Top Billed Cast
Eva Kovacs Kim
Darrell Baran Ronnie Boyles
Mark Yuill Stanley Falco
Neil Lawrie Dr. C. Jolly
Jeffrey Owen Maden Skip Holiday
Tea Andrea Tanner Dawn Holiday
Bob Cloutier Mr. Brown
Donna Fullingham Mrs. Brown
Mitch Funk Young Dad
Angela Heck Young Mom
Douglas Syms Narrator
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