Sidney Shorr: A Girl's Best Friend

Oct 5, 1981

1h 40m

★ 8.0

Overview

A lonely, gay, middle-aged artist shares his Manhattan brownstone with a young lady in a platonic relationship, and when she becomes pregnant by a married man, he decides to raise her child as his own.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

TV Movie

Production Companies

Hajeno Productions

Warner Bros. Pictures

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Cast

Sidney Shorr

Tony Randall

Laurie Morgan

Lorna Patterson

Jimmy

David Huffman

Patti

Kaleena Kiff

Judge

Ann Weldon

Frank

John Lupton

Eric

Tom Villard

Nurse

Betty Carvalho

Reiss

Tom Fuccello

TV Actor

Daniel Grace

Mallory

Martin Rudy

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