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Tom Conti | ... |
Gowan McGland
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Kelly McGillis | ... |
Geneva Spofford
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Roberts Blossom | ... |
Frank Spofford
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Joel Fabiani | ... |
Dr. Jack Haxby
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Cynthia Harris | ... |
Bobby Springer
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Lois Smith | ... |
Mare Spofford
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E. Katherine Kerr | ... |
Lucille Haxby
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Rex Robbins | ... |
C. B. Springer
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Kara Wilson | ... |
Edith McGland
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Jack Davidson | ... |
George Spofford
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Damon Douglas | ... |
Tad Springer
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Robert Nichols | ... |
Harry Pycraft
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Ed Grady | ... |
Dr. William Ormsby
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Thomas McGowan | ... |
TV Interviewer
(as Tom McGowan)
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Dan Doby | ... |
Alvin
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Scott Coffey | ... |
Reverend Clayton
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Barry Bell | ... |
Man at Bar
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Rene Copeland | ... |
Girl at Bar
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Roger Black | ... |
Bartender
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Angus MacLachlan | ... |
Waiter
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Mary Fran Lyman | ... |
Mrs. Weyburn
(as Mary-Fran Lyman)
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Claudia Geraghty | ... |
Club Woman
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Joanne Morgan | ... |
Club Woman
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Gladys Lavitan | ... |
Woman at Party
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Mac McGuire | ... |
Conductor
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Paul Austin | ... |
New York Bartender
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Jamie | ... |
Reuben
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John Ratch Hart | ... |
Train Passenger (uncredited)
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Jayne Morgan | ... |
Country Club Woman (uncredited)
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Cindee Smith | ... |
Party Guest#1 (uncredited)
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Holland Taylor | ... |
(uncredited)
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Directed by
Robert Ellis Miller |
Written by
Peter De Vries | ... | (novel) |
Herman Shumlin | ... | (play "Spofford") |
Julius J. Epstein | ... | (screenplay) |
Produced by
Dan Allingham | ... | associate producer |
Julius J. Epstein | ... | co-producer |
Philip B. Epstein | ... | associate producer |
Walter Shenson | ... | producer |
Music by
Billy Goldenberg |
Cinematography by
Peter Stein |
Editing by
Skip Lusk |
Casting By
Penny Perry |
Production Design by
Peter S. Larkin | ... | (as Peter Larkin) |
Set Decoration by
Jeff Ginn |
Costume Design by
John Boxer |
Production Management
Morris Chapnick | ... | unit production manager |
George Goodman | ... | executive in charge of production |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Dan Allingham | ... | first assistant director |
Donald Hauer | ... | second assistant director (as Don Hauer) |
Art Department
Richard Waldrop | ... | property master |
Ralph Woollaston | ... | lead carpenter |
Jeffrey Schlatter | ... | construction foreman (uncredited) |
Sound Department
Larry Hoff | ... | sound mixer |
Camera and Electrical Department
Stephen Barrow | ... | gaffer |
Todd Crandall | ... | first assistant camera |
Greg Hull | ... | generator operator |
Casting Department
Deborah Brown | ... | casting: New York |
Craig Fincannon | ... | extras casting |
Mark Fincannon | ... | extras casting: United States |
M.L. Tanner | ... | casting associate |
Music Department
Jim Weidman | ... | music editor |
Tommy Tedesco | ... | musician: guitar (uncredited) |
Script and Continuity Department
Dawn Freer | ... | script supervisor |
Transportation Department
Butch Turner | ... | transportation captain |
Production Companies
Distributors
- 20th Century Fox International Classics (1983) (United States) (theatrical)
- CBS/Fox (1984) (United States) (VHS)
- Academy Pictures (1985) (Italy) (theatrical)
- Roadshow Films (1984) (Australia) (theatrical)
- European Video Corporation (EVC) (Netherlands) (VHS)
- Melisa Video (1984) (France) (VHS) (dubbed version)
- Olive Films (2012) (Canada) (DVD) (DVD and Blu-ray)
- Olive Films (2012) (United States) (DVD) (DVD and Blu-ray)
- VPS Video (West Germany) (VHS)
Special Effects
Other Companies
Storyline
Plot Summary |
Gowan McGland is a half-Irish/half-Welsh Scottish poet with some renown. He is also a total s***: a boozer, a womanizer (his conquests more frequently married than not), lazy, and a leech, with a deteriorating body and bad teeth, losing which he equates with death. He also has his charms, which, in combination with his renown, leads to him usually being able to get what he wants. His wife, Edith McGland, also a writer, is well aware of who he is; their marriage is in name only although they are still good friends. It is because of her profession and connection that she has been commissioned to write his biography. Because he is lazy, he has not written anything in five years. He is on a speaking tour to earn what little money he has, currently on an extended stop in Woodsmoke, Connecticut. His reputation in almost every sense precedes him in Woodsmoke--including his womanizing where probably only the husbands of his conquests are unaware of what's going on, and his excessive drinking. He is able to sponge off the generosity of the people who hear him speak, but worse he steals the tips they leave when they take him out for meals. His life may change when he meets college student Geneva Spofford, with who he falls in love, and she is not immune to his charms. The question is whether there is a future for Gowan and Geneva, or if his life will catch up with him. Reuben, the sheepdog belonging to Frank Spofford--Geneva's grandfather and Gowan's friend--might have some say in what happens. Written by Huggo |
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Taglines | Meet Gowan McGland, poet. He drinks and lies. Sleeps with other men's wives. He hasn't written a word in years, but . . . every woman he meets falls in love with him. See more » |
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Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Box Office
Budget | $3,500,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
Trivia | The Gowan McGland main character in this film and its source, Peter De Vries's 'Reuben, Reuben" novel, was predominantly based on Welsh poet Dylan Thomas. The picture was first released about 30 years after Thomas had passed away in 1953. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in Broadway Danny Rose/Reckless/The Dresser/Reuben Reuben (1984). See more » |
Quotes |
Gowan McGland:
Deprived of their support, her breasts dropped like hanged men. See more » |