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I Ought to Be in Pictures
“Libby Tucker hitchhiked from Brooklyn to take Hollywood by storm. And her father by surprise.”
6.8 / 10• 1982• 1h 48m•PG• English
DramaComedy
Storyline
Grandmother has nothing to say when Libby tells her that she is off to LA to look up Dad, a Hollywood screenwriter. Grandmother has been in a New York cemetery for six years and Dad has been out of Libby's life for 16 of her 19 years. Libby arrives in LA on a Tuesday and phones Dad the one night that Stephanie, who does Jane Fonda's hair, stays over. Stephanie is there the next morning when Libby decides she needs to tell her story face-to-face.
Cast & Crew
Walter Matthau
Herbert Tucker
Lead
Ann-Margret
Steffy Blondell
Dinah Manoff
Libby Tucker
Lance Guest
Gordon
Michael Dudikoff
Boy on bus
Eugene Butler
Marty
David Faustino
Martin
Martin Ferrero
Monte Del Rey
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Herbert Ross's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. I Ought to Be in Pictures is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
