Finnegan Begin Again

Finnegan Begin Again

When you lose your heart, there's only one solution

1985 · 115 min · ★ 6.5 · Comedy, Drama, Romance, TV Movie

A schoolteacher in her early 40s, involved in a dead-end love affair with a married mortician, drifts into a relationship with an aging newspaperman.

Directed by Joan Micklin Silver · Written by Walter Lockwood

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Cast

Mary Tyler Moore Liz DeHaan
Robert Preston Mike Finnegan
Sam Waterston Paul Broadbent
Sylvia Sidney Margaret
David Huddleston Jack Archer
Bob Gunton Christian Jameson
Giancarlo Esposito Intruder
Russell Horton Mort
Avery Brooks Dude on Bus
Peter Friedman John Jewell
Jon DeVries Dr. Binder
Frederick Strother Elias Williams

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