Genre: Romance, Drama, Comedy, Urban, Society
Plot: A nonconformist writer stands to lose his nephew if he doesn't change his ways in this adaptation of Herb Gardner's hit Broadway comedy. Murray Burns hasn't had a job since he stopped writing for a children's television show. Now, instead of working, he spends most of his time in his messy New York City apartment teaching his 12-year-old nephew Nick, who he has custody of, to follow in his footsteps. But Murray is forced to reevaluate his life when two social workers from the Child Welfare Bureau begin investigating how the young boy is being raised. Of course, they don't like what they see. One of the social workers, Sandra Markowitz, becomes attracted to Murray and offers her help. Meanwhile, Murray's brother Arnold, who's also his agent, and Leo, the host of the show Murray used to write for, both try to convince him to return to his old job.
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| Directed by |
Fred Coe
The Miracle Worker, The Left Handed Gun, Goodyear Television Playhouse |
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| Written by |
Herb Gardner
Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Thing, Ishtar, I'm Not Rappaport |
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Jason Robards
Once Upon a Time in the West, Philadelphia, All the President's Men |
 | Barbara Harris
Grosse Pointe Blank, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Peggy Sue Got Married | | Gene Saks
I.Q., Nobody's Fool, The Prisoner of Second Avenue | | | | |
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