Movie: The Making of 'The Goodbye Girl'

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Paul Benedict
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Quinn Cummings
Quinn Cummings

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Richard Dreyfuss
Richard Dreyfuss

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Marsha Mason
Marsha Mason

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Barbara Rhoades
Barbara Rhoades

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Herbert Ross
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    Documentary of the making of Neil Simon's The Goodbye Girl (1977)

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    1977-01-01

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