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Tell Me a Riddle is a film of genre Drama directed by Lee Grant released in USA on 15 december 1980 with Melvyn Douglas
Tell Me a Riddle (1980)
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Add to a movie listTell Me a Riddle is a 1980 American drama film directed by Lee Grant. The screenplay by Joyce Eliason and Alev Lytle is based on the 1961 O'Henry award novella from Tillie Olsen's collection of short stories of the same name. This is Grant's first film as director, and two more such films followed: Down and Out in America and Staying Together.
Actors
Melvyn Douglas
(David)
Lila Kedrova
(Eva)
Brooke Adams
(Jeannie)
Peter Coyote
(Young David)
Dolores Dorn
(Vivi)
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