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Just Tell Me What You Want

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Just Tell Me What You Want
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R,1hr 52min
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1980
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Synopsis: In this Sidney Lumet romantic comedy, Max Herschel (Alan King) is a powerful businessman who keeps a bevy of beauties for pleasure to escape his alcoholic wife, Connie (Dina Merrill). His main minx is Bones Burton (Ali MacGraw), a successful television producer who is tiring of Max's lack of commitment. When she takes up with Steven (Peter Weller), Max does everything in his power to win her back. Silent screen star Myrna Loy plays Max's faithful secretary, in her last big-screen role, and steals ... Full Synopsis
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Just prior to the dawn of the Reagan era, two of cinema's most frequent collaborators, Jay Presson Allen and Sidney Lumet (Prince of the City), teamed for this faithful adaptation of Allen's 1975 novel of high comedy, which satirized the New York upper crust from within and thus anticipated the decade of greed by several years. In what is probably his most cultivated onscreen invention, the legendary ... Full Review
Featured Cast
Max Herschel
Bones Burton
Stella Liberti
Connie Herschel
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