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I Ought to Be in Pictures
I Ought to Be in Pictures

I Ought to Be in Pictures

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

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DramaComedy

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

108 mins

Rating

6.55/10

Release Date

26 March 1982

Country

United States of America

Cast

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

Calvin Ander

Calvin Ander

Rabbi

Shelby Balik

Shelby Balik

Shelley

Larry Barton

Larry Barton

Harry

Eugene Butler

Eugene Butler

Marty

Bill Cross

Bill Cross

Truck Driver

Gillian Farrell

Gillian Farrell

Waitress

David Faustino

David Faustino

Martin

Martin Ferrero

Martin Ferrero

Monte Del Rey

Allan Graf

Allan Graf

Baseball Fan

Samantha Harper

Samantha Harper

Larane

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