
Film
Play It as It Lays
1972 · 1h 39m · Drama
Maria's life was a search for the ultimate answer even after she found there was none.
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- 6.4
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 64%
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Overview
Burned-out B-movie actress Maria, depressed and frustrated with her loveless marriage to an ambitious film director, Carter Lang, who would rather work on his career than on his relationship with her, numbs herself with drugs and sex with strangers. Only her friendship with a sensitive gay movie producer, B.Z., offers a semblance of solace. But even that relationship proves to be fleeting amidst the empty decadence of Hollywood.
Cast

Tuesday Weld
Maria Wyeth Lang

Anthony Perkins
B.Z.

Adam Roarke
Carter Lang

Tammy Grimes
Helene

Ruth Ford
Carlotta

Eddie Firestone
Benny Austin

Diana Ewing
Susannah

Paul Lambert
Larry Kulik

Chuck McCann
Abortionist's Assistant

Severn Darden
Hypnotist

Tony Young
Johnny Waters

Richard Anderson
Les Goodwin

Tyne Daly
Journalist

Norman Foster
Abortionist
Elizabeth Claman
The Chickie

Mitzi Hoag
Patsy
Crew
- Frank PerryDirector · Producer
- Joan DidionScreenplay · Novel
- John Gregory DunneScreenplay
- Dominick DunneProducer
- Jordan CronenwethDirector of Photography
- Sidney KatzEditor
- Joe ScullyCasting
Media
Details
- Release date
- October 19, 1972
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $1,000,000
- Genres
- Drama
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