The read
Audiences rate it 24 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
A high-class call girl accused of murder fights for the right to stand trial rather than be declared mentally incompetent.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes42%
Audiences rate it 24 points higher than critics do.
127 audience votes
Key crew
- Alvin SargentScreenplay
- Martin RittDirector
- Tom ToporScreenplay
- Darryl PonicsanScreenplay
- Barbra StreisandOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Barbra StreisandClaudia Draper
- Richard DreyfussAaron Levinsky
- Maureen StapletonRose Kirk
- Karl MaldenArthur Kirk
- Eli WallachDr. Herbert A. Morrison
- Robert WebberFrancis MacMillan
- James WhitmoreJudge Stanley Murdoch
- Leslie NielsenAllen Green
- William PrinceClarence Middleton
- Dakin MatthewsJudge Lawrence Block
- Paul BenjaminHarry Harrison
- Warren ManziSaul Kreiglitz
Stills
Themes
courtcall girlhearingself-defensebased on play or musicalmurder