See what happens when a dirty bum meets the filthy rich.
Beverly Hills couple Barbara and Dave Whiteman find their lives altered by the arrival of a vagrant who tries to drown himself in their swimming pool.
- Suicide or self-harm
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Comic, classical in form, effortless and contemporary.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- effortlessdemanding
- contemporarynostalgic
- cooloverwhelming
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Cast
- Nick NolteJerry Baskin
- Bette MidlerBarbara Whiteman
- Richard DreyfussDave Whiteman
- Little RichardOrvis Goodnight
- Tracy NelsonJenny Whiteman
- Elizabeth PeñaCarmen
- Evan RichardsMax Whiteman
- Donald F. MuhichDr. Von Zimmer
- Paul MazurskySidney Waxman
- Valerie CurtinPearl Waxman
Crew
- Paul MazurskyDirector
- Leon CapetanosScreenplay
- Paul MazurskyScreenplay
- Donald McAlpineDirector of Photography
- Andy SummersOriginal Music Composer
- Richard HalseyEditor
- Paul MazurskyProducer
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