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About
Actress Myrtle Gordon is a functioning alcoholic who is a few days from the opening night of her latest play, concerning a woman distraught about aging. One night a car kills one of Myrtle's fans who is chasing her limousine in an attempt to get the star's attention. Myrtle internalizes the accident and goes on a spiritual quest, but fails to finds the answers she is after. As opening night inches closer and closer, fragile Myrtle must find a way to make the show go on.
Theatrical
Dec 22, 1977
DVD / Blu-ray
Apr 14, 1998
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Quotes
See all →Professionalism Over Personal Relationships
Maurice Aarons
You're not a woman to me anymore. You're a professional. You don't care about anything, do you? You don't care about personal relationships, love, sex, affection.
Myrtle Gordon
Okay.
Maurice Aarons
I have a small part. It's unsympathetic. The audience doesn't like me. I can't afford to be in love with you.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
The Absence of Hope in the Play
Sarah Goode
Just please tell me what this play doesn't express.
Myrtle Gordon
Hope.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
Full credits →G
Gena Rowlands
Myrtle Gordon
J
John Cassavetes
Maurice Aarons
B
Ben Gazzara
Manny Victor
J
Joan Blondell
Sarah Goode
P
Paul Stewart
David Samuels
Z
Zohra Lampert
Dorothy Victor
L
Laura Johnson
Nancy Stein
J
John Tuell
Gus Simmons
J
John Finnegan
Bobby
L
Louise Lewis
Kelly (as Louise Fitch)
F
Fred Draper
Leo
K
Katherine Cassavetes
Vivian
L
Lady Rowlands
Melva Drake
A
Angelo Grisanti
Charlie Spikes
M
Meade Roberts
Eddie Stein
E
Eleanor Zee
Sylvia Stein
D
David Rowlands
Doorman
S
Sharon Van Ivan
Shirley
J
James Karen
Bellboy
J
Jimmy Joyce
Bartender
