Sam Found Out: A Triple Play
1988 · 60 min · ★ 10.0
Liza Minnelli plays three separate women in three separate stories. There's a serious drama about a hooker and her pimp, a romance about a lonely dancer and a black prince, and a musical about a man and a woman having dog problems.
Directed by Piers Haggard
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Ryan O'Neal Pimp -
John Rubinstein Johnny
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