Minnie and Moskowitz

Dec 22, 1971

1h 55m

★ 6.7

John Cassavetes, who gave you 'husbands', 'faces', 'shadows', now adds to his list of intriguing characters...

Overview

Depressed and jaded after being dumped by her married boyfriend, aging beauty Minnie Moore wonders if she'll ever find love. After shaggy-haired parking lot attendant Seymour Moskowitz comes to her defense from an angry and rebuffed blind date, he falls hopelessly in love with her despite their myriad differences. Minnie reluctantly agrees to a date with Moskowitz, and, slowly but surely, an unlikely romance blossoms between the two.

Genres

Romance

Drama

Comedy

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

Minnie and Moskowitz Trailers

Cast

Minnie Moore

Gena Rowlands

Seymour Moskowitz

Seymour Cassel

Zelmo Swift

Val Avery

Morgan Morgan

Timothy Carey

Sheba Moskowitz

Katherine Cassavetes

Girl

Elizabeth Deering

Florence

Elsie Ames

Georgia Moore

Lady Rowlands

Irish

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Wife

Judith Roberts

Dick Henderson

Jack Danskin

Mrs. Grass

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