I Ought to Be in Pictures Movie Review 1982

After hitchhiking from New York to Hollywood to break into the movies, a teenage actress finds her father, a screenwriter turned alcoholic-gambler. Late, desperately unfunny Neil Simon outing, adapted from a Simon play.

Distribution

CBS/Fox Video, 1330 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019, Phone: (212)373-4800, Toll-free: 800-800-4369, Fax: (212)373-4803, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS
Running time 107 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Black Comedy, Price of Fame, Dads, Adapted from a Play, Plays to Film: Neil Simon, Parenthood

Screenplay

Neil Simon

Cast

Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret, Dinah Manoff, Lance Guest, Michael Dudikoff

Director

Herbert Ross

Music

Marvin Hamlisch

Producer

20th Century-Fox