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The Lonely Guy

Name: The Lonely Guy
Director: Arthur Hiller
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Released: 1984
Rating: 6.2
Cast: Steve Martin, Charles Grodin, Judith Ivey, Steve Lawrence, Robyn Douglass

A writer for a greeting card company learns the true meaning of loneliness when he comes home to find his girlfriend in bed with another man.

1984 · Directed by Arthur Hiller · 90 min · Comedy · Romance · 8 frames

Tagline

Meet Larry Hubbard …lonely guy

Crew

Screenplay: Ed. Weinberger, Stan Daniels
Cinematography: Victor J. Kemper
Edited by: Raja Gosnell, William Reynolds
Music: Jerry Goldsmith
Production design: James Dowell Vance
Produced by: Arthur Hiller

Cast

Steve Martin as Larry
Charles Grodin as Warren
Judith Ivey as Iris
Steve Lawrence as Jack
Robyn Douglass as Danielle
Merv Griffin as Himself
Joyce Brothers as Herself
Candi Brough as Schneider Twin
Randi Brough as Schneider Twin
Julie Payne as Rental Agent

Production

Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studios: Universal Pictures, Aspen Film Society
Themes: based on novel or book, romcom, loneliness, manhattan, new york city

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