The read
Scores higher than 84% of the 997 1980s comedy movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
A New York City street artist rescues a baby girl after her father is murdered. He then sets off to find the mother, but has to first learn how to care for the child. Ultimately he ends up in a horse drawn chase for the murderers.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes79%
Metacritic66/100
22 audience votes
Key crew
- Charles LaneDirector
- Charles LaneWriter
Cast
- Charles LaneThe Artist
- Robert ClohessyAlley Tough
- Tom AlpernBookseller
- Nicole AlysiaChild
- Edwin AnthonyPenny Pincher
- Angel CappellinoBully's Mother
- Edie FalcoCarriage Couple
- Sandye WilsonYoung Woman
- Darnell WilliamsFather
- Trula HoosierMother
- Bill SageCarriage Couple
- Michael BaskinDoorman / Street Cop
Stills
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Themes
new york citywitnessdeath of fatherstreet artistblack and whitewitness to murdersilent filmmother child separationstabbed in the backstabbed to deathabandoned childmother looking for child