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Director:
Paul Aaron
Writer:
Henry Olek (writer)
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Release Date:
10 May 1978 (USA) See more »
Genre:
Drama | Romance See more »
Tagline:
Not just another boy meets girl story. See more »
Plot:
A homosexual woman marries a gay male friend to prevent his deportation, but they soon fall in love. Full summary » | Add synopsis »
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Cast

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Perry King ... Albert Walreavens
Meg Foster ... Stella Cooke
Valerie Curtin ... Phyllis
Peter Donat ... Sills
Richard Bull ... Mr. Cooke
Barbara Collentine ... Mrs. Cooke

Guerin Barry ... Ned
Doug Higgins ... Roger
Lisa James ... Chris
Eugene Butler ... Sam
Linda Carpenter ... Chastity
Allan Hunt ... Richard I

Burke Byrnes ... Richard II
Eddy C. Dyer ... Bernie
Richard Altman ... Phyllis's Neighbor
Richard Seff ... Justice of the Peace
George Skaff ... Mr. Hashmoni
Sid Conrad ... Salesman
Trent Dolan ... Deputy #1
Daniel C. Mahar ... Deputy #2
Ted Richards III ... Justin
Clarke Gordon ... Mr. Taylor
Gypsi DeYoung ... Mrs. Taylor
Marion Perkins ... Bev-Air Receptionist
Flo Di Re ... Fitter of Style Design (as Florence Dire)
Gay Kleimenhagen ... Pattern Maker
Marie Denn ... Fashion Coordinator
Philip Levien ... Chicken Delight Man
Kathryn Jackson ... Nurse
Hatsuo Uda ... Businessman #1
Peter Furuda ... Businessman #2
Jennifer Dumas ... Model
Eric Helland ... Doorman

Stephen Nichols ... Man at Bath
Derek Flint ... Little Albert #1
Joshua Hanson ... Little Albert #2
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Directed by
Paul Aaron 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Henry Olek  writer

Produced by
Alan Belkin .... producer
Joy Shelton Davis .... associate producer
Michael Leone .... executive producer
 
Original Music by
David Michael Frank  (as David Frank)
 
Cinematography by
Philip H. Lathrop 
 
Film Editing by
Lynn McCallon 
 
Costume Design by
Robert De Mora 
 
Production Management
William Green .... production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Donald L. Gold .... second assistant director (as Donald Gold)
 
Art Department
Jimmie Herron Jr. .... propmaster
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Bill Johnson .... camera operator
Robert A. Torres .... assistant camera
Michael Werk .... director of photography: second unit
 

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Runtime:
108 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Iceland:12 | Finland:K-16 | USA:R
Company:
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Did You Know?

Trivia:
Susan Sarandon was initially set to play the role of Stella, but because the original financing fell through and monies had to be raised again from scratch, she was unavailable for the later shooting schedule and had to bow out.See more »
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Remade as Si malakas si maganda at si mahinhin (1980)See more »

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11 out of 20 people found the following review useful.
Oh no, it can't happen here!, 11 December 2006
Author: micoder from United States

This film was seen by my wife and I when it came out in 1978. It was a revelation to us. We actually thought that we were the only gay and lesbian couple who had ever married and had children. Obviously we were wrong. Love may come from where you don't expect it and maybe don't want it. But we both chose that love anyway.

And no, it never changed our sexual orientation. That kind of stuff is for the Christian wackos.

When we were young we both had affairs, but never with the opposite sex. As we aged we stopped having extramarital affairs.

This story is not far fetched. However, the suggestion that they became heterosexuals seems pretty unrealistic to me. My wife and I have been sleeping together for the last 40 years. We are still gay. End of story.

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