I Ought to Be in Pictures

IMDb 6.9 1982 • 108 min • DramaComedy

Director

Herbert Ross

Country

US

Plot Summary

Grandmother has nothing to say when Libby tells her that she is off to LA to look up Dad, a Hollywood screenwriter. Grandmother has been in a New York cemetery for six years and Dad has been out of Libby's life for 16 of her 19 years. Libby arrives in LA on a Tuesday and phones Dad the one night that Stephanie, who does Jane Fonda's hair, stays over. Stephanie is there the next morning when Libby decides she needs to tell her story face-to-face.

Top Cast

Walter Matthau
Walter Matthau Herbert Tucker
Ann-Margret
Ann-Margret Steffy Blondell
Dinah Manoff
Dinah Manoff Libby Tucker
Lance Guest
Lance Guest Gordon
Michael Dudikoff
Michael Dudikoff Boy on bus