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6.5/10   442 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Cyra McFadden (novel)
Rich Eustis (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
28 March 1980 (USA) more
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Tagline:
"Honor thy wife, and everyone else's." more
Plot:
It's the end of the 70s. Hippies are assimilating, women are raising their consciousness, and men are becoming confused and ineffectual... more | add synopsis
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"In an insane society the sane man must appear insane." more (29 total)

Cast

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Martin Mull ... Harvey Holroyd

Tuesday Weld ... Kate Linville Holroyd
Jennifer McAllister ... Joanie Holroyd
Sam Chew Jr. ... Bill
Sally Kellerman ... Martha
Anthony Battaglia ... Stokely
Bill Macy ... Sam Stone
Nita Talbot ... Angela Stone
Pamela Bellwood ... Carol
Barbara Rhoades ... Vivian
Ann Weldon ... Rachel
Peter Bonerz ... Dr. Leonard Miller
Jon Fong ... Wong

Christopher Lee ... Luckman Skull
Patch Mackenzie ... Stella
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Additional Details

Runtime:
86 min
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Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Stokely: In an insane society, the sane man must appear insane.
Harvey Holroyd: Where'd you get that?
Stokely: Star Trek.
[leaves the room]
Harvey Holroyd: [to himself] God, I miss that show.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Fade to Black (1980) more
Soundtrack:
A Changing World more

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"In an insane society the sane man must appear insane.", 18 May 2003
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Author: jodyv49 from Indianapolis

Martin Mull is the sane man in the insane society of Marin County CA. If you can find it, watch it. It may be 20+ years old but holds up well, like a good sitcom the jokes are about life not current events and that makes them timeless. Also the slightly off-center society of Marin lives on.

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