During the Great Depression, a sheet music salesman seeks to escape his dreary life through popular music and a love affair with an innocent school teacher.
Cast
Steve Martin
Arthur
Bernadette Peters
Eileen
Jessica Harper
Joan
Vernel Bagneris
The Accordion Man
John McMartin
Mr. Warner
John Karlen
The Detective
Jay Garner
The Banker
Robert Fitch
Al
Tommy Rall
Ed
Eliska Krupka
The Blind Girl
Christopher Walken
Tom
Francis X. McCarthy
The Bartender
Raleigh Bond
Mr. Barrett
Gloria LeRoy
A Prostitute
Nancy Parsons
The Old Whore
Toni Kaye
Tart
Shirley Kirkes
Tart
Jack Fletcher
Elevator Operator
Hunter Watkins
Boy
Arell Blanton
Motorcycle Police
George P. Wilbur
Motorcycle Police
M.C. Gainey
Young Policeman
Mark Campbell
Newsboy
Mark Martinez
Schoolboy
Duke Stroud
Counterman
Joseph G. Medalis
Counterman
Richard Blum
Pool Player
William Frankfather
Pool Player
James Mendenhall
Warden
Jim Boeke
Hangman
Robert Lee Jarvis
Policeman
Luke Andreas
Customer
Will Hare
Father Everson
Joshua Cadman
Jumbo
Paul Valentine
Bar Patron
Bill Richards
Bar Patron
John Craig
Bar Patron
Alton Ruff
Bar Patron / Dancer
Karla J. Franko
Bank Secretary
Robin Hoff
Bank Secretary
Linda Montana
Bank Secretary
Bunney Brooke
Bank Secretary
Twink Caplan
Bank Customer
Lillian D'Honau
Bank Customer
Barbara Nordella
Bank Customer
Dean Taliaferro
Bank Customer
Wayne Storm
Bank Guard
Gene Ross
Bank Teller
Edward J. Heim
Bank Teller
Dave Adams
Bank Teller
Greg Finley
Bank Teller
Paul Michael
Bank Teller
Joe Ross
Bank Teller
Tammy O'Rourke
Dancer (uncredited)
Tanya Fenmore
Dancer / Schoolgirl (uncredited)
Crew
Herbert Ross
Director, Producer
Dennis Potter
Writer
Richard Marks
Editor
Jane Schwartz Jaffe
Assistant Editor
Gordon Willis
Director of Photography
L. Andrew Stone
First Assistant Director
Emmitt-Leon O'Neill
Second Assistant Director
Hal Bell
Second Assistant Director
Rick McCallum
Executive Producer
Nora Kaye
Producer
Ken Adam
Associate Producer, Production Design
Philip Harrison
Production Design
Hank McCann
Casting
Ross Brown
Casting
Bob Mackie
Costume Design
John Dunn
Sound Effects Editor
Stephen Hunter Flick
Sound Editor
Richard L. Anderson
Sound Editor
Billy May
Original Music Composer
Ralph Burns
Original Music Composer
Harry V. Lojewski
Music Supervisor
Kenneth Wannberg
Music Editor
George Korngold
Music Editor
Warren Hamilton Jr.
Dialogue Editor
Stephen Purvis
Dialogue Editor
Mark Mangini
Dialogue Editor
Garrett Lewis
Set Decoration
Christopher Burian-Mohr
Set Designer
Conrad E. Palmisano
Stunt Double
Danny Daniels
Choreographer
Murray Schwartz
Unit Production Manager
Seymour Klate
Art Direction
Fred Tuch
Art Direction
Bernie Cutler
Art Direction
Sidney Wolinsky
First Assistant Editor
