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Moses Wine, Richard Dreyfuss, at home one night watching a football game that he bet on is contacted by an old flame back from his radical days in collage Lila, Susan Anspach. Lila wants Moses to work for a candidate for governor of California, Milles Hawthorne. Moses goes along with Lila to the Hawthorne campaign headquarters even though Moses is apposed to his policies as well as having a low opinion of Hawthorne's intellect. Moses tells Lila about the person she want's to get elected. Told by Hawthorne's campaign manager Sam Sebastian, John Lithgow, that there's a flayer being distributed around the state with a doctored photo of Hawthorne and radical Howard Eppis, who's on the lamb from the police since he was convicted for inciting violence against the government. The flayer is telling everyone that Eppis is supporting Hawthorne for governor, which is not true, which will destroy Howthorne's chances for being elected.

A Dramedy.

Genres: Comedy, Mystery, Thriller

Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Susan Anspach, Bonnie Bedelia

Released: January 1, 1978

Runtime: 108.0

Popularity Rating: 1.247

Universal Pictures

United States of America

Moses Wine Richard Dreyfuss
Lila Shay Susan Anspach
Suzanne Bonnie Bedelia
Sam Sebastian John Lithgow
Eppis F. Murray Abraham
Randy Ron Rifkin
Alora Ofelia Medina
Spitzler Nicolas Coster
Oscar Procari Sr. Fritz Weaver
Wilson Larry Bishop
Hawthorne John Cunningham
Maid Lupe Ontiveros
Francis Joins the Navy Donald O'Connor
Pool Man Mandy Patinkin

Costume & Make-Up — Costume Design: Edith Head
Directing — Director: Jeremy Kagan
Writing — Novel: Roger L. Simon
Writing — Screenplay: Roger L. Simon