What do you get when you cross a hopelessly straight starving actor with a dynamite red sequined dress? You get America's hottest new actress.
When struggling, out of work actor Michael Dorsey secretly adopts a female alter ego—Dorothy Michaels—in order to land a part in a daytime drama, he unwittingly becomes a feminist icon and ends up in a romantic pickle.
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Comic, classical in form, warm and effortless.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
- effortlessdemanding
- sparerichly built
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Cast
- Dustin HoffmanMichael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels
- Jessica LangeJulie Nichols
- Teri GarrSandy Lester
- Dabney ColemanRon Carlisle
- Charles DurningLes Nichols
- Bill MurrayJeff Slater
- Sydney PollackGeorge Fields
- George GaynesJohn Van Horn
- Geena DavisApril
- Doris BelackRita
Crew
- Sydney PollackDirector
- Larry GelbartScreenplay
- Murray SchisgalScreenplay
- Owen RoizmanDirector of Photography
- Dave GrusinOriginal Music Composer
- Fredric SteinkampEditor
- William SteinkampEditor
- Sydney PollackProducer
- Dick RichardsProducer
- Ronald L. SchwaryProducer
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