Only When I Laugh (1981)

Name: Only When I Laugh
Director: Glenn Jordan
Released: 1981-09-25
Duration: 120 min

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Title: Only When I Laugh

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Cast: Marsha Mason, Kristy McNichol, James Coco, Joan Hackett, David Dukes, John Bennett Perry, Guy Boyd, Ed Moore, Byron Webster, Peter Coffield, Mark Schubb, Nancy Nagler, Dan Monahan, Ellen La Gamba, Michael A. Ross, Venida Evans, Tom Ormeny, Ken Weisbrath, Jane Atkins, Henry Olek, Kevin Bacon, Ron Levine, Rebecca Stanley, Nick Lapadula, Phillip Lindsay, Birdie M. Hale, Wayne Franson, John Vargas, Kathryn Janssen, Steve Kelley, Llewellyn Lafford, Antic Melkior, Frank Slaten

Release: 1981-09-25

Runtime: 120

Plot: A boozy Broadway actress comes out of a 12-week cure to face the problems of her best friends as well as her needy daughter. She tries to balance the terrors of returning to work with the demands of all around her with humor and insight, while staying off the booze.

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