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I Ought to Be in Pictures
I Ought to Be in Pictures
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  2. I Ought to Be in Pictures

I Ought to Be in Pictures

1982
1h 48m
Drama
Comedy

Status

Released

Release

1982

Runtime

1h 48m

Storyline

"Libby Tucker hitchhiked from Brooklyn to take Hollywood by storm. And her father by surprise."

Grandmother has nothing to say when Libby tells her that she is off to LA to look up Dad, a Hollywood screenwriter. Grandmother has been in a New York cemetery for six years and Dad has been out of Libby's life for 16 of her 19 years. Libby arrives in LA on a Tuesday and phones Dad the one night that Stephanie, who does Jane Fonda's hair, stays over. Stephanie is there the next morning when Libby decides she needs to tell her story face-to-face.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 48m
Mar 26, 1982
Languages
Spanish
English
Director
Herbert Ross
Herbert Ross
Production
20th Century Fox
20th Century Fox
Production Countries
United States of America

Top Cast

27 Cast Members

Walter Matthau

Walter Matthau

Herbert Tucker

Ann-Margret

Ann-Margret

Steffy Blondell

Dinah Manoff

Dinah Manoff

Libby Tucker

Lance Guest

Lance Guest

Gordon

Michael Dudikoff

Michael Dudikoff

Boy on bus

Eugene Butler

Eugene Butler

Marty

David Faustino

David Faustino

Martin

Martin Ferrero

Martin Ferrero

Monte Del Rey

Tom Wright

Tom Wright

Baseball Fan

Art LaFleur

Art LaFleur

Baseball Fan

Allan Graf

Allan Graf

Baseball Fan

Charles Parks

Charles Parks

Baseball Fan

Lewis Smith

Lewis Smith

Soldier

Santos Morales

Santos Morales

Mexican Truck Driver

Calvin Ander

Rabbi

Shelby Balik

Shelley

Larry Barton

Harry

Bill Cross

Truck Driver

Gillian Farrell

Waitress

Samantha Harper

Larane

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