Utilities (1983)
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In this weakly limned comedy, romance, and social drama, Bob Hunt (Robert Hays) is a dedicated social worker out to save an elderly woman from having her heat shut off in the dead of winter. But his noble intentions are thwarted by Marion Edwards (Brooke Adams) a plainclothes policewoman, a barrage of municipal red tape, and an unscrupulous tycoon in the electrical power industry who will stop at nothing to make a tidy profit. When the elderly woman loses her bid for heat on a technicality and dies as a result, Bob starts a computer vendetta against the utility companies that sparks a counterattack by the industrial magnate out to enhance his own power. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Starring:
- Robert Hays, Brooke Adams, (more)
- Director(s):
- Harvey Hart
Synopsis of Utilities
In this weakly limned comedy, romance, and social drama, Bob Hunt (Robert Hays) is a dedicated social worker out to save an elderly woman from having her heat shut off in the dead of winter. But his noble intentions are thwarted by Marion Edwards (Brooke Adams) a plainclothes policewoman, a barrage of municipal red tape, and an unscrupulous tycoon in the electrical power industry who will stop at nothing to make a tidy profit. When the elderly woman loses her bid for heat on a technicality and dies as a result, Bob starts a computer vendetta against the utility companies that sparks a counterattack by the industrial magnate out to enhance his own power. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
Complete Cast of Utilities
- Robert Hays - Bob Hunt
- John Marley - Roy Blue
- Ben Gordon - Eddie
- Helen Burns - Ruby Blue
- George Touliatos - The Hook
- Tony Rosato - Wendell
- Brooke Adams - Marion Edwards
- James Blendick - Kenneth Knight
- Toby Tarnow - Gilda Hoffman
- Lee Broker - Jack Reynolds
- Jan Rubes - Mort
- Director(s):
- Harvey Hart
- Writer(s):
- David Greenwalt, M. James Kouf Jr.
- Producer(s):
- Robert M. Cooper
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