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Garbo Talks (1984)
Directed by Sidney Lumet
“Sometimes you can catch a star...”
Comedy, Drama · 1h 43m
When New York accountant Gilbert Rolfe finds out his mother has a brain tumor, he is devastated. His incorrigible mother, Estelle, has one last wish: to meet the great Greta Garbo. Gilbert, wanting to do this last thing for her, sets out on a wild goose chase through the streets of New York City to track down the iconic star, at the expense of his personal life and much to the chagrin of his wife, Lisa. Can he find Garbo before it's too late?
Cast
Anne Bancroft
Estelle Rolfe
Ron Silver
Gilbert Rolfe
Carrie Fisher
Lisa Rolfe
Catherine Hicks
Jane Mortimer
Steven Hill
Walter Rolfe
Howard Da Silva
Angelo Dakakis
Dorothy Loudon
Sonya Apollinar
Harvey Fierstein
Bernie Whitlock
Hermione Gingold
Elizabeth Rennick
Richard B. Shull
Shepard Plotkin
Michael Lombard
Mr. Morganelli
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Ed Crowley
Mr. Goldhammer
Crew
- Director
- Sidney Lumet
- Writer
- Larry Grusin
- Director of Photography
- Andrzej Bartkowiak
- Original Music Composer
- Cy Coleman
- Editor
- Andrew Mondshein
- Producer
- Burtt Harris, Elliott Kastner
Details
- Release date
- 1984-10-12
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- United Artists, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer