
A struggling young writer finds his life and work dominated by his unfaithful wife and his radical feminist mother, whose best-selling manifesto turns her into a cultural icon.
Cast

Robin Williams
T.S. Garp

Mary Beth Hurt
Helen Holm

Glenn Close
Jenny Fields

John Lithgow
Roberta Muldoon

Hume Cronyn
Mr. Fields

Jessica Tandy
Mrs. Fields

Swoosie Kurtz
The Hooker

Brenda Currin
Pooh

Peter Michael Goetz
John Wolfe

Jenny Wright
Cushie

John Irving
Referee

Amanda Plummer
Ellen James

Bette Henritze
Woman Candidate

Katherine Borowitz
Rachel

Kate McGregor-Stewart
Real Estate Lady

Mark Soper
Michael Milton

Warren Berlinger
Stew Percy

Brandon Maggart
Ernie Holm
Victor Magnotta
First Coach
Al Cerullo
Helicopter Pilot

Ron Frazier
Stephen

Eve Gordon
Marge Tallworth

George Roy Hill
Pilot (uncredited)
Crew

George Roy Hill
Director, Producer
Steve Tesich
Screenplay

John Irving
Novel
Stephen A. Rotter
Editor

Miroslav Ondříček
Director of Photography
Patrick Kelley
Executive Producer
Robert Crawford Jr.
Producer

Henry Bumstead
Production Design
Marion Dougherty
Casting

Ann Roth
Costume Design
Bob Grimaldi
Hairstylist
Robert Laden
Makeup Artist

David Shire
Music Arranger
Justin Scoppa Jr.
Set Decoration
Robert Drumheller
Set Decoration
Woods Mackintosh
Art Direction
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