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Housesitter is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Frank Oz released in USA on 12 june 1992 with Steve Martin
Housesitter (1992)
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Add to a movie listHousesitter is a 1992 romantic comedy film directed by Frank Oz, written by Mark Stein, and starring Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn. The premise involves a woman with con-artist tendencies who worms her way into the life of a reserved architect by claiming to be his wife.
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Newton Davis (Steve Martin) is a struggling architect. After building his dream house for himself and his longtime girlfriend Becky (Dana Delany) in his hometown, he is crushed when she refuses to marry him. He is unable to bring himself to live in the house, and leaves it abandoned and with a debt he cannot afford. Some time later, Newton meets a waitress named Gwen (Goldie Hawn) at a Hungarian restaurant. Believing that she cannot speak English, he spills out his sob story about Becky and the abandoned house. After the restaurant closes for the night, Newton learns she merely pretended to be Hungarian, and can speak English. He walks her home, which turns out to be a few steps away. They end up sleeping together.Actors
Steve Martin
(Newton Davis)
Goldie Hawn
(Gwen Phillips)
Dana Delany
(Becky Metcalf)
Julie Harris
(Edna Davis)
Suzanne Whang
(Moseby's Secretary)
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