The Tall Guy (1989)
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Directors
Mel Smith
Cast
Jeff Goldblum, Emma Thompson, Rowan Atkinson, Geraldine James, Emil Wolk, Kim Thomson, Harold Innocent, Anna Massey
The story
The protagonist and narrator is Dexter King, an American actor working in London and living platonically in Camden Town with his "educated, charming... nymphomaniac" landlady. He has just finished his sixth year playing "The Tall Guy", a straight man in a two-man, long-running comedy revue starring (and dominated by) Ron Anderson.
Genres
Romantic Comedy, romantic comedy
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