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I Ought to Be in Pictures(1982)
Status: Released
Date: 1982-03-26
72%
9 Votes
Time: 1h 48m
Libby Tucker hitchhiked from Brooklyn to take Hollywood by storm. And her father by surprise.
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.
Languages: Spanish, English.
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United States of America
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Movie: I Ought to Be in Pictures
Top 10 Billed Cast
Walter Matthau
Herbert Tucker
Ann-Margret
Steffy Blondell
Dinah Manoff
Libby Tucker
Lance Guest
Gordon
Michael Dudikoff
Boy on bus
Eugene Butler
Marty
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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.
Release Date
1982-03-26
Average
7.2
Rating:
3.6 startsTagline
Libby Tucker hitchhiked from Brooklyn to take Hollywood by storm. And her father by surprise.
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