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I Ought to Be in Pictures

I Ought to Be in Pictures

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I Ought to Be in Pictures

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

1982
1h 48m
6.5(10 votes)
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.

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20th Century Fox

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15 members
Acting

Walter Matthau

Herbert Tucker

Walter Matthau
Acting

Ann-Margret

Steffy Blondell

Ann-Margret
Acting

Dinah Manoff

Libby Tucker

Dinah Manoff
Acting

Lance Guest

Gordon

Lance Guest
Acting

Michael Dudikoff

Boy on bus

Michael Dudikoff
Acting

Calvin Ander

Rabbi

No Image
Acting

Shelby Balik

Shelley

No Image
Acting

Larry Barton

Harry

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Acting

Eugene Butler

Marty

Eugene Butler
Acting

Bill Cross

Truck Driver

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Acting

Gillian Farrell

Waitress

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Acting

David Faustino

Martin

David Faustino
Acting

Martin Ferrero

Monte Del Rey

Martin Ferrero
Acting

Allan Graf

Baseball Fan

Allan Graf
Acting

Samantha Harper

Larane

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