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Something in Common

Something in Common1986

★6.0102 minDramaRomanceTV Movie

A young man and a nice woman in her forties fall in love. His mother goes berserk when he tells her about it and when the girlfriend comes to meet the mother, she wants to jump out of her skin. Accepting her son's choice won't be easy.

Director

Writer

Score

Stars

Ellen Burstyn Tuesday Weld Patrick Cassidy

Cast22

Ellen Burstyn
as Lynn Hollander
Tuesday Weld
as Shelly Grant
Patrick Cassidy
as Nick Hollander
Don Murray
as Theo Fontana
Eli Wallach
as Norman Voss
Amanda Wyss
as Laura Grant
Kenneth Kimmins
as Eugene Skerritt
Marc Poppel
as Stephen Hollander
Terri Treas
as Nancy Webster
Gertrude Flynn
as Aunt Celia
George Petrie
as Uncle Louie
Elizabeth Kerr
as Aunt Rose
Anita Dangler
as Barbara Slater
Douglas Emerson
as Jason Grant
Shannon Farnon
as Wealthy Woman
Suzanne Kent
as Woman Fan
R
Richardson Morse
as Doctor
Loyda Ramos
as Nurse
J
John Scott
as Waiter
Cynthia Lea Clark
as Dr. Black
C
Clyde Lucas
as Waiter (uncredited)
Gunnar Magg
as Airline Passenger (uncredited)

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