Top billed cast

1. 

   Lenny Baker

   Larry Lapinsky

2. 

   Shelley Winters

   Faye Lapinsky

3. 

   Ellen Greene

   Sarah Roth

4. 

   Lois Smith

   Anita Cunningham

5. 

   Christopher Walken

   Robert Fulmer

6. 

   Dori Brenner

   Connie

7. 

   Antonio Fargas

   Bernstein Chandler

8. 

   Lou Jacobi

   Herb

9. 

   Mike Kellin

   Ben Lapinsky

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-07-05

There were loads of these type of films made in the mid 1970s about aspiring types finally out from under their parental wing and now hitting the big city with dreams and hormones racing. Here, the quite charismatic Lenny Baker is “Larry”, a Jewish lad who thinks he could be the next Marlon Brando, or maybe Laurence Olivier - even though a local beat cop reckons he might want to change professions altogether. He has moved away from his doting but overpowering mother (Shelley Winters) and takes up with his girlfriend “Sarah” (Ellen Greene) for the usual slew of castings, romantic interl...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• new york city
• mother
• girlfriend
• jewish american
• relationship
• overbearing mother
• brooklyn, new york city
• struggling actor
• greenwich village
• abortion
• 1950s
• screen test