During the Great Depression, a sheet music salesman seeks to escape his dreary life through popular music and a love affair with an innocent schoolteacher.
Steve Martin
Arthur
Bernadette Peters
Eileen
Jessica Harper
Joan
Vernel Bagneris
The Accordion Man
John McMartin
Mr. Warner
John Karlen
The Detective
Jay Garner
The Banker
Robert Fitch
Al
Tommy Rall
Ed
Eliska Krupka
The Blind Girl
Christopher Walken
Tom
Francis X. McCarthy
The Bartender
Raleigh Bond
Mr. Barrett
Gloria LeRoy
A Prostitute
Nancy Parsons
The Old Whore
Toni Kaye
Tart
Shirley Kirkes
Jack Fletcher
Elevator Operator
Hunter Watkins
Boy
Arell Blanton
Motorcycle Police
George P. Wilbur
M.C. Gainey
Young Policeman
Mark Campbell
Newsboy
Mark Martinez
Schoolboy
Duke Stroud
Counterman
Joseph G. Medalis
Richard Blum
Pool Player
William Frankfather
James Mendenhall
Warden
Jim Boeke
Hangman
Robert Lee Jarvis
Policeman
Luke Andreas
Customer
Will Hare
Father Everson
Joshua Cadman
Jumbo
Paul Valentine
Bar Patron
Bill Richards
John Craig
Alton Ruff
Bar Patron / Dancer
Karla J. Franko
Bank Secretary
Robin Hoff
Linda Montana
Bunney Brooke
Twink Caplan
Bank Customer
Lillian D'Honau
Barbara Nordella
Dean Taliaferro
Wayne Storm
Bank Guard
Gene Ross
Bank Teller
Edward J. Heim
Dave Adams
Greg Finley
Paul Michael
Joe Ross
Tammy O'Rourke
Dancer (uncredited)
Tanya Fenmore
Dancer / Schoolgirl (uncredited)
Herbert Ross
Director, Producer
Dennis Potter
Writer
Nora Kaye
Producer
Mar 8, 1967
Dec 15, 1954
Dec 4, 1992
Jun 3, 1968
Apr 15, 1992
Aug 10, 1994
Feb 17, 1937
Sep 26, 1951
Dec 5, 2008
Nov 25, 2020
Oct 30, 2008
Nov 22, 2023
Aug 27, 1993
Jan 29, 1999
Jan 27, 2020
Jul 14, 2017
Hera Productions
US
SLM Production Group
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
United States
English