The read
Critics rate it 21 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 82% of the 639 1970s comedy movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
Charles is a bored civil servant struggling through a harsh Utah winter. He spends most of his time reflecting on his romance with Laura, a coworker who left him to return to her husband, an A-Frame salesman.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes90%
Critics rate it 21 points higher than audiences do.
34 audience votes
Key crew
- Joan Micklin SilverScreenplay
- Joan Micklin SilverDirector
- Ken LauberOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- John HeardCharles
- Mary Beth HurtLaura
- Peter RiegertSam
- Kenneth McMillanPete
- Gloria GrahameClara
- Nora HeflinBetty
- Jerry HardinMr. Patterson
- Tarah NutterSusan
- Mark MetcalfOx
- Allen JosephBlind Man
- Frances BayMrs. Delillo
- Griffin DunneDr. Mark
Stills
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Themes
husband wife relationshipbased on novel or booklove trianglewinterobsessionstepdaughtersalt lake city, utahextramarital affairwoman directormother son relationship