"Some people change your life forever."

2015

1h 58m

7.5(3810 votes)

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Drama

Overview

In 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman.

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41 members

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Cate Blanchett

Carol Aird

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Rooney Mara

Therese Belivet

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Kyle Chandler

Harge Aird

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Jake Lacy

Richard Semco

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Sarah Paulson

Abby Gerhard

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John Magaro

Dannie McElroy

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Cory Michael Smith

Tommy Tucker

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Kevin Crowley

Fred Haymes

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Nik Pajic

Phil McElroy

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Carrie Brownstein

Genevieve Cantrell

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Trent Rowland

Jack Taft

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Sadie Heim

Rindy Aird

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Kk Heim

Rindy Aird

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Amy Warner

Jennifer Aird

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Michael Haney

John Aird

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Wendy Lardin

Jeanette Harrison

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Pamela Evans Haynes

Roberta Walls

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Greg Violand

Jerry Rix

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Michael Joseph Thomas Ward

Shipping Clerk

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Kay Geiger

McKinley Motel Manager

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Christine Dye

Landlady

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Deb G. Girdler

Motel Clerk

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Douglas Scott Sorenson

Male Party Guest

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Ken Strunk

Ritz Bartender

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Mike Dennis

Frankenberg Security Guard

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Ann Reskin

Florence

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Annie Kalahurka

Embarassed Mom

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Linnea Bond

Drake Hostess

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Steven Andrews

New York Times Clerk

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Tanya Smith

Fred Haymes's Secretary

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Ryan Wesley Gilreath

NYC Waiter

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Chuck Gillespie

Oak Room Waiter

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Jeremy Parker

Dorothy

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Giedre Bond

Party Girl #1

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Taylor Marie Frey

Party Girl #2

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Liberty Fraysure

Frankenberg Employee (uncredited)

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Robert J. Ashe

Oak Room Patron / Pedestrian (uncredited)

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Anita Farmer Bergman

Oak Room Patron (uncredited)

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Colin Botts

Ted Grey (uncredited)

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Chelsea Carnder

McKinley Motel Patron's Daughter (uncredited)

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Gary Chinn

Restaurant / Pedestrian (uncredited)

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