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Play It as It Lays is a american film of genre Drama directed by Frank Perry released in USA on 19 october 1972 with Tuesday Weld
Play It as It Lays (1972)
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Add to a movie listPlay It as It Lays is a 1972 American drama film directed by Frank Perry. The screenplay by married couple Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne is based on Didion's novel of the same name. The film stars Tuesday Weld and Anthony Perkins, who had previously paired together for the 1968 film, Pretty Poison.
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Maria Wyeth, who comes from a Nevada town with a population of 28, is now a successful actress. But she is unhappily married to, and separated from, temperamental producer Carter Lang and also chronically depressed and institutionalized.Actors
Tuesday Weld
(Maria Wyeth Lang)
Anthony Perkins
(B.Z.)
Norman Foster
(Abortionist)
Adam Roarke
(Carter Lang)
Tammy Grimes
(Helene)
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