Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?

Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?

Poor Georgie. One day Georgie Soloway jumped off a penthouse, fell in love in an empty theater, raced down a ski slope, circled Manhattan in his private plane, and tried to find some creep who put him down to every girl he liked.

1971 · 109 min · ★ 4.8 · Comedy, Drama

Hugely successful but impossibly neurotic songwriter Georgie Soloway is sliding into a mid-life crisis. He believes that all of his past romantic relationships have been destroyed not by his own failings but by the interference of the mysterious Harry Kellerman. Family, friends, and his psychiatrist cannot give him the help he seeks. When his father is diagnosed with a terminal illness, Georgie begins spending more and more time flying his personal aircraft, distancing himself physically, emotionally, and mentally from the real world.

Directed by Ulu Grosbard · Written by Herb Gardner

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Dustin Hoffman Georgie Soloway
Barbara Harris Allison Densmore
Jack Warden Dr. Solomon F. Moses
David Burns Leon Soloway
Gabriel Dell Sidney Gill
Betty Walker Margot Soloway
Rose Gregorio Gloria Soloway
Dom DeLuise Irwin Marcy
Regina Baff Ruthie Tresh
David Galef Leonard Soloway
Ed Zimmermann Peter Halloran
Amy Levitt Susan

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