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1984 (USA)
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Love Is Found In The Most Surprising Of Places.
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Henry Soames owns a rural diner, and has befriended Willard Freud and Callie Wells. One day Willard and Callie get the news that Callie is pregnant...
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Michael Cole | ... | Henry Soames | |
| Heather Langenkamp | ... | Callie Wells | |
| Patrick Cassidy | ... | Willard Freund | |
| Brian Kerwin | ... | George | |
| Grace Zabriskie | ... | Ellie Wells | |
| Don Beddoe | ... | Doc Cathey | |
| Ed Lauter | ... | W.D. Freund | |
| Cotter Smith | ... | Trucker | |
| E.J. André | ... | Kuzitski | |
| Harry Northup | ... | Frank (as Harry Northrup) | |
| Julia Montgomery | ... | Delivery Nurse (as Julie Montgomery) | |
| Richard Young | ... | Jeff Freund | |
| David Young | ... | Mark Freund | |
| Liz Sheridan | ... | Reception nurse | |
| Peter Hobbs | ... | Dr. Costard |
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Nikkel-Fjallið (Iceland)
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88 min
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This was 'Heather Langenkamp (I)''s first feature role.
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Henry Soames:
You better get home, I don't want your folks to worry.
Callie Wells: Henry, you're such an old lady.
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Callie Wells: Henry, you're such an old lady.
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John Gardner's 1973 bestseller was tough to adapt to the screen, given it didn't have much plot and was mostly a rumination on life in upstate New York. The studios kicked it around for a while (Shelley Duvall and Peter Boyle at one point were set to star) and finally tossed it to one-time writer-director Drew Denbaum, who valiantly but fruitlessly tried to shape the material. Henry is much too young, considering much of the story rides on the point that he's old enough to be Callie's father. At one point there's an absurd "Rocky" like montage in which he gets in shape for his bride, then Willard is turned into a villain just to create some drama. It's worth seeing for Heather Langenkamp, making you wonder why she got so little work outside the "Nightmare on Elm Street" films.