The Goodbye Girl (1977)

Directors

Herbert Ross

Cast

Richard Dreyfuss, Marsha Mason, Quinn Cummings, Paul Benedict, Barbara Rhoades

The story

Former chorus girl and divorcee Paula McFadden and her ten-year-old daughter, Lucy, live in a Manhattan apartment with Paula's married boyfriend, Tony DeForrest. Coming home from shopping, Paula finds a letter from Tony explaining that he has deserted her to travel to Italy for a film role, leaving her devastated. Paula soon learns that prior to his departure, Tony sublet the apartment to his friend Elliot Garfield, a quirky but sweet aspiring actor from Chicago, who arrives in the middle of the night, unaware of the situation and expecting to move in.

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