Movie: Seize the Day

Top 10 Billed Cast

Robin Williams
Robin Williams

Tommy Wilhelm

Jerry Stiller
Jerry Stiller

Dr. Tamkin

Joseph Wiseman
Joseph Wiseman

Dr. Adler

Glenne Headly
Glenne Headly

Olive

John Fiedler
John Fiedler

Carl

Richard B. Shull
Richard B. Shull

Rojax

Katherine Borowitz
Katherine Borowitz

Margaret

Louis Guss
Louis Guss

Rubin

William Duell
William Duell

Joey

Tony Roberts
Tony Roberts

Bernie Pell

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    Tommy Wilhelm (Robin Williams) is a salesman. An honest, hard-working guy who has lost his job, his girlfriend, and left part of his sanity behind as he heads to New York to pick up the pieces of his life. He's always been able to sell, but caught in a downward spiral, he must, in addition, face the father who never really understood him, while trying to balance his newly precarious existence.

  • Release Date

    1986-09-09

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    4.981

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