Movie

Only When I Laugh

It'll make you laugh...'til you cry.

1981★ 5.7 · 212h 0mComedyDrama

Overview

A boozy Broadway actress comes out of a 12-week cure to face the problems of her best friends as well as her needy daughter. She tries to balance the terrors of returning to work with the demands of all around her with humor and insight, while staying off the booze.

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Trailer · 1981 Only When I Laugh Official Trailer 1 Columbia Pictures

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Cast

Kevin Bacon
as Don

Kristy McNichol
as Polly

Guy Boyd
as Man in Bar

John Bennett Perry
as Actor (Lou)

Marsha Mason
as Georgia

David Dukes
as David

Dan Monahan
as Jason

Joan Hackett
as Toby

James Coco
as Jimmy

Kathryn Janssen
as Woman in Crowd (uncredited)

Byron Webster
as Tom

Venida Evans
as Nurse Garcia

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Release date: 1981-09-25

Runtime: 2h 0m

Genres

ComedyDrama

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