Tommy Wilhelm is a salesman. An honest, hard-working guy who has lost his job, his girlfriend, and left part of his sanity behind as he heads to New York to pick up the pieces of his life. He's always been able to sell, but caught in a downward spiral, he must, in addition, face the father who never really understood him, while trying to balance his newly precarious existence.
Robin Williams
Tommy Wilhelm
Jerry Stiller
Dr. Tamkin
Joseph Wiseman
Dr. Adler
Glenne Headly
Olive
John Fiedler
Carl
Richard B. Shull
Rojax
Katherine Borowitz
Margaret
Louis Guss
Rubin
William Duell
Joey
Tony Roberts
Bernie Pell
Jo Van Fleet
Mrs. Einhorn
Allen Swift
Maurice Venice
Steve Vinovich
Zeigler
Tom Aldredge
Rappaport
Fyvush Finkel
Shomier
William Hickey
Peris
Carl Low
Rowland
Walt Gorney
Panhandler
David Bickford
Son-in-Law
Stephen Strimpell
Stockbroker
Director
Fielder Cook
Writers
Saul Bellow, Ronald Ribman
Elizabeth Swados
Original Music Composer
Sidney Katz
Editor
Eric Van Haren Noman
Director of Photography
John Robert Lloyd
Production Design
Peggy Farrell
Costume Design
William
10/20/2013
The story is gripping and easy to feel mostly due to down-on-his-luck, Tommy Wilhelm's anger and frustration with life. Dr. Tamkin, is also a highlight, as his best friend with lots of ideas. I felt that the actors playing most of the other parts were a bit like watching a high school play. Robin Williams and to a leaser degree Jerry Stiller hold this film together as one hopes for a resolution to a life gone sour.
