NR | 81 min | New Restoration
Small-time ex-con Harry Plotnick (Martin Priest), just released from prison, has a chance reunion with his ex-wife. He is suddenly immersed in middle-class normality and goes into the catering biz with his ex-brother-in-law (Ben Lang). What follows is a wild plot involving call girls, bar mitzvahs, lingerie fashion shows, Cuban-Chinese mobsters, subway parties, Mafia barbecues, dog training classes, Congressional hearings, and hotel pajama parties. Unreleased when it was made, the film was discovered more than 20 years later, and became a hit at the New York Film Festival. It was finally released theatrically and became an established comedy classic.
Director: Michael Roemer
Writer: Michael Roemer
Producers: Michael Roemer, Robert M. Young
Composer: Frank Lewin
Cinematographer: Robert M. Young
Editors: Georges Klotz, Terry Lewis