True to Life

True to Life

ONLY REAL LIFE COULD BE SO SCREWY! SO SENSATIONAL! SO GOOD!

NR 1943 · 94 min · ★ 8.0 · Comedy

A writer for a radio program needs some fresh ideas to juice up his show. For inspiration, he rents a room with a typical American family and begins to secretly write about their true life antics. The show becomes a big hit, but he begins to feel guilty about his charade when he falls in love with the family's pretty older daughter.

Directed by George Marshall · Written by Don Hartman

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