Lovers and Other Strangers (1970)
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Lovers and Other Strangers became a "sleeper" hit, based on a play by Renée Taylor and Joseph Bologna. The story is essentially a series of vignettes and anecdotes, unified by an impending marriage. Father of the bride Hal (Gig Young) has problems with his long-suffering mistress, Cathy (Anne Jackson), who spends much of the film sitting on the toilet, crying her eyes out; Wilma (Anne Meara), the bride's sex-starved sister, can't wrest her husband, Johnny (Harry Guardino), away from the TV; and Frank (Richard S. Castellano), as the groom's father, slips comfortably into Bartlett's Familiar Quotations with his oft-repeated query "So what's the story?" Twelfth-billed Diane Keaton makes her film debut as a garrulous wedding guest. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 104 mins
Complete Cast:
- Bea Arthur - Bea
- Michael Brandon - Mike
- Harry Guardino - Johnny
- Joseph Hindy - Richie
- Diane Keaton - Joan
- Anne Meara - Wilma
- Anthony Holland - Donaldson
- Amy Stiller - Flower Girl
- Mort Marshall - Father Gregory
- Bonnie Bedelia - Susan
- Richard S. Castellano - Frank
- Marian Hailey - Brenda
- Anne Jackson - Cathy
- Cloris Leachman - Bernice
- Gig Young - Hal
- Bob Kaliban - Hotel Clerk
- Charlotte Jones - Johnny's Mother
- Bob Dishy - Jerry
- Director(s):
- Cy Howard
- Writer(s):
- Renée Taylor, David Zelag Goodman, Joseph Bologna
- Producer(s):
- David Susskind
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