I Ought to Be in Pictures (1982)

6.8/10 108 min Drama Comedy

Overview

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.

Cast

Walter Matthau

Herbert Tucker

Ann-Margret

Steffy Blondell

Dinah Manoff

Libby Tucker

Lance Guest

Gordon

Michael Dudikoff

Boy on bus

Eugene Butler

Marty

David Faustino

Martin

Martin Ferrero

Monte Del Rey

Tom Wright

Baseball Fan

Art LaFleur

Baseball Fan

Allan Graf

Baseball Fan

Charles Parks

Baseball Fan

Lewis Smith

Soldier

Santos Morales

Mexican Truck Driver

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