Smooth Talk

Sep 21, 1985

1h 31m

★ 6.2

Overview

Connie, the fifteen-year-old black sheep of her family, finds her summertime idyll of beach trips, mall hangouts, and innocent flirtations shattered by an encounter with a mysterious stranger.

Genres

Drama

Thriller

Production Companies

Palmyra Films

American Playhouse

Goldcrest

Nepenthe Productions

Smooth Talk Trailers

Cast

Connie Wyatt

Laura Dern

Arnold Friend

Treat Williams

Katherine Wyatt

Mary Kay Place

Harry Wyatt

Levon Helm

June Wyatt

Elizabeth Berridge

Laura Condon

Margaret Welsh

Jill O'Mara

Sara Inglis

Jeff

William Ragsdale

Ellie Oscar

Geoff Hoyle

Eddie Hunter

David Berridge

Cab Driver

Cab Covay

Laura's Mother

Joy Carlin

Mother Nature loves to cause mischief, and she steps in to help two love-starved souls find happiness. She helps an aging professional woman and single mother, Rosie, who's unlucky in love find her match with Adam, a much younger man. As their relationship blossoms beyond physical attraction, matters complicate when her adolescent daughter starts to fall for a handsome local boy.

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7.0

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7.4

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7.6

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5.5

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6.4

Hounddog

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6.0

Shake It All About

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6.7

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2.8

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5.3

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5.9

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5.1

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4.4

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4.6

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5.3

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10.0

Period Drama

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5.5

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