Sam Found Out: A Triple Play

TV Movie
19881988
1h

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7.5/10

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Liza Minnelli plays three separate women in three separate stories. There's a serious drama about a hooker and her pimp, a romance about a lonely dancer and a black prince, and a musical abo... Read allLiza Minnelli plays three separate women in three separate stories. There's a serious drama about a hooker and her pimp, a romance about a lonely dancer and a black prince, and a musical about a man and a woman having dog problems.Liza Minnelli plays three separate women in three separate stories. There's a serious drama about a hooker and her pimp, a romance about a lonely dancer and a black prince, and a musical about a man and a woman having dog problems.

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7.5/10

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- Piers Haggard
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- Lanford Wilson(segment 1)
- Terrence McNally(segment 2)
- Wendy Wasserstein(segment 2)
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The only time Liza Minnelli and Ryan O'Neal worked together.

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Triple Play
Written by John Kander and Fred Ebb
Performed by Liza Minnelli

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6/10

Overripe vehicle for Liza with a 'z'

Rather perplexing ABC-TV special featuring Liza Minnelli in three different impersonations, in stories all built around the plot conceit that "Sam...found...out!" The bit with Liza playing a hooker and Ryan O'Neal as her vicious pimp is terrific--very dramatic and gritty. But the romantic segment with Louis Gossett, Jr. and a pet pooch is painfully slack. Liza somehow managed to sneak this special into her tight schedule which had just included two theatrical movies, a TV-movie and a ton of concerts. It doesn't tap into her full-range, as it is supposed to, but at least it gave Liza-watchers something extra to feast on.

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