Poor Georgie. One day Georgie Soloway jumped off a penthouse, fell in love in an empty theater, raced down a ski slope, circled Manhattan in his private plane, and tried to find some creep who put him down to every girl he liked.
A hit pop songwriter, who cannot love himself or others, spends his days with various women flying his plane, and dropping in to the world around him.
Dustin Hoffman Barbara Harris Jack Warden David Burns Gabriel Dell Betty Walker Rose Gregorio Dom DeLuise Regina Baff David Galef Ed Zimmermann Amy Levitt Joseph R. Sicari Rudy Bond Walter Hyman Josip Elic Herbie Faye James Hall Sherry Rooney Robyn Millan Walter Hyman Jr. Shel Silverstein Irwin Rose Candice Azzara Marty Greene Sidney Armus Susan Bell Steve Eppolito
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