Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 116 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
The story
When struggling, out of work actor Michael Dorsey secretly adopts a female alter ego—Dorothy Michaels—in order to land a part in a daytime drama, he unwittingly becomes a feminist icon and ends up in a romantic pickle.
- infidelity
- new york city
- love
- friends
- feminist
- cross dressing
- agent
- reputation
- serenade
- apology
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Dustin Hoffman
Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels
Jessica Lange
Julie Nichols
Teri Garr
Sandy Lester
Dabney Coleman
Ron Carlisle
- Charles Durning — Les Nichols
- Bill Murray — Jeff Slater
- Sydney Pollack — George Fields
- George Gaynes — John Van Horn
- Geena Davis — April
- Doris Belack — Rita
- Ellen Foley — Jacqui
- Peter Gatto — Rick
- Lynne Thigpen — Jo
- Ronald L. Schwary — Phil Weintraub
- Debra Mooney — Mrs. Mallory
- Directed
- Sydney Pollack
- Written
- Larry Gelbart, Murray Schisgal, Don McGuire
Production
- Rating
- 7.2 / 10 · 1,971 ratings
- Studio
- Mirage Enterprises, Punch Productions, Delphi Films, Columbia Pictures
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
