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26 October 1984 (USA)
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She was an ordinary housewife until her trip to Paris turned into an extraordinary adventure.
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Frustrated housewife/writer Cathy Palmer ghostwrites a story about Rebecca Ryan, a dashing international spy...
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | JoBeth Williams | ... | Cathy Palmer / Rebecca Ryan |
 | Tom Conti | ... | Alan McMann |
 | Giancarlo Giannini | ... | Victor Marchand |
| Coral Browne | ... | Margaret McMann |
 | James Staley | ... | Kevin Palmer |
| Christopher Daniel Barnes | ... | Kevin Palmer Jr. (as C.B. Barnes) |
| Huckleberry Fox | ... | Karl Palmer |
| Jean Rougerie | ... | Don Carlos |
| Pierre Santini | ... | Inspector Klaus |
| Léon Zitrone | ... | Ivan Stranauvlitch |
| Alain Flick | ... | Train Passenger #1 |
| Yassan Khan | ... | Train Passenger #2 |
| Christian de Tillière | ... | Train Passenger #3 |
| André Valardy | ... | Dimitri |
| Robin Coleman | ... | Golf Buddy #1 |
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Continuity: When Cathy and Alan are on the roof of the mansion, Cathy is seen wearing high heeled boots. When the boards they are walking on give way underneath them and they are left hanging from a bar over the water, you can see Cathy's boots no longer have heels.
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Ivan Stranauvlitch:
I drink to Rebecca Ryan! She's the first real woman I have met in all of France.
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Jo Beth does a beautiful job of portraying a housewife in a dead end marriage, getting the opportunity of a lifetime - winning a trip to Paris based on her writing abilities.
Once in Paris, an accident robs her of her memory and she automatically assumes the identity of the heroine of the novels she reads, incidentally dragging the real author into her fantasy world.
It is exhilerating how her belief sweeps all before her, bringing a new love into her life. It's also heartbreaking when the two identities finally collide, dropping her out of the fantasy. This was done in the most public and humiliating way possible, typical of American comedic film-making, which I don't agree with.
In the end, the housewife emerges victorious, free and stronger than she has ever been in her life.
Tom Conti as the hapless author is also brilliant, a wonderful counterpoint to Jo Beth. :)