A young aspiring screenwriter allows others to exploit her in the hopes of achieving success in Hollywood. She goes through affair after sordid affair in her attempt to write her own screenplay and have it produced.
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Title: The Lonely Lady (1983)
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Pia Zadora | ... | Jerilee Randall | |
| Lloyd Bochner | ... | Walter Thornton | |
| Bibi Besch | ... | Veronica Randall | |
| Joseph Cali | ... | Vincent Dacosta | |
| Anthony Holland | ... | Guy Jackson | |
| Jared Martin | ... | George Ballantine | |
| Ray Liotta | ... | Joe Heron | |
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Carla Romanelli | ... | Carla Maria Peroni |
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Olivier Pierre | ... | George Fox |
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Kendal Kaldwell | ... | Joanne Castel |
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Lou Hirsch | ... | Bernie |
| Kerry Shale | ... | Walter Thornton Jr. | |
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Sandra Dickinson | ... | Nancy Day |
| Shane Rimmer | ... | Adolph Fannon | |
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Nancy Wood | ... | Janie |
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Storyline
Jerilee Randall, a simple schoolgirl living in the San Fernando Valley, dreams of becoming a famous screenwriter. While at a party, she meets the son of a famous screenwriter. The son invites her over to his house; she accepts. They drive away with some other people, and that night, she is assaulted by one of the son's friends with a garden hose. The friend is interrupted in his assault by screenwriter Walter Thornton, who arrives in time to save her from an even more disgusting fate. Walter's rescue of Jerilee begins a friendship between the two, and before you know it, the two fall in love. They marry. Their marriage falls apart when Jerilee's script rewrites actually improve one of Walter's screenplays and he feels one-upped. Jerilee then goes through affair after sordid affair in her attempt to write her own screenplay and have it produced. Written by Chris Holland <cholland@atlantic.net>
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female frontal nudity | female nudity | casting couch | screenwriter | garden hose |Taglines:
Hollywood is a world of glamour, it is the world of Harold Robbins' "The Lonely Lady" and nothing. See more »Genres:
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EnglishRelease Date:
30 September 1983 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Budget:
$5,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$1,223,220, 2 October 1983, Wide ReleaseGross USA:
$1,223,220, 2 October 1983Company Credits
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Bud Weston: Sure. I hope you can spell, darling.
Jerilee Randall: D - A - R - L - I - N - G
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Written by Jeff Harrington and Jeff Pennig
Performed by Oren Waters
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Trivia
This movie was first released in the United States just four months before the similarly titled but decidedly different comedy The Lonely Guy (1984). See more »Goofs
In one of the sex scenes, there is a cut-away in which Pia Zadora's feet appear to be attached to her legs backwards. See more »Quotes
Guy Jackson: Bud, this is Jerilee. She's Mr. Thornton's assistant.Bud Weston: Sure. I hope you can spell, darling.
Jerilee Randall: D - A - R - L - I - N - G
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Alternate Versions
UK video versions are cut by 3 seconds for an "18" rating. The cinema release, with the same certificate, was uncut. See more »Soundtracks
The Way You Do ItWritten by Jeff Harrington and Jeff Pennig
Performed by Oren Waters
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