I Ought to Be in Pictures
“Libby Tucker hitchhiked from Brooklyn to take Hollywood by storm. And her father by surprise.”
1982•PG•1h 48m•6.9•Released
DramaComedy
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.
Director
Herbert Ross
Writer
Neil Simon
Languages
Spanish, English
Studio
20th Century Fox
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
Calvin Ander
Rabbi
Production
Company
20th Century Fox
Producer
Neil Simon
Producer
Herbert Ross
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