Directed by:
James IvoryScreenplay:
Ruth Prawer JhabvalaCinematography:
Ernest VinczeCast:
Teresa Wright, Geraldine Chaplin, Christopher Walken, Lou Jacobi, Lilia Skala, Conrad Janis, Joan Copeland, Dortha Duckworth, Carol CulverPlots(1)
Three interlocking stories set in New York City's legendary Roseland dance palace make up this charming film. In the first segment, The Waltz, Teresa Wright is a widow who comes to the Roseland in order to sustain the memory of her late husband, but meets Stan (Lou Jacobi), a man who offers her an opportunity for happiness in the present. In The Hustle, Christopher Walken stars as a gigolo with three women in his life, all of whom depend on him for different degrees of romance and companionship. In the final segment, The Peabody, an older Viennese woman (Lilia Skala) sets out to win a dance competition despite warnings that it could imperil her health. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala's understated screenplay delivers an uncharacteristic bit of sentiment not present in other Merchant Ivory efforts. (official distributor synopsis)
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Lilia Skala
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Dortha Duckworth
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Carol Culver
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