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Opening Night

1977 · John Cassavetes · 144 min

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The Show Must Go On…

Actress Myrtle Gordon is a functioning alcoholic who is a few days from the opening night of her latest play, concerning a woman distraught about aging. One night a car kills one of Myrtle's fans who is chasing her limousine in an attempt to get the star's attention. Myrtle internalizes the accident and goes on a spiritual quest, but fails to finds the answers she is after. As opening night inches closer and closer, fragile Myrtle must find a way to make the show go on.

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7.6/10Rating on TMDBFrom The Movie Database272 votesTMDB
Gena RowlandsMyrtle GordonJohn CassavetesMaurice AaronsBen GazzaraManny VictorJoan BlondellSarah GoodePaul StewartDavid SamuelsZohra LampertDorothy VictorLLaura JohnsonNancy SteinJJohn TuellGus SimmonsRRay PowersJimmyJohn FinneganBobbyLLouise LewisKelly (as Louise Fitch)Fred DraperLeoKatherine CassavetesVivianLady RowlandsMelva DrakeCCarol WarrenCarla

Cast

Gena RowlandsMyrtle GordonJohn CassavetesMaurice AaronsBen GazzaraManny VictorJoan BlondellSarah GoodePaul StewartDavid SamuelsZohra LampertDorothy VictorLLaura JohnsonNancy SteinJJohn TuellGus SimmonsRRay PowersJimmyJohn FinneganBobbyLLouise LewisKelly (as Louise Fitch)Fred DraperLeoKatherine CassavetesVivianLady RowlandsMelva DrakeCCarol WarrenCarla

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