Looking for Mr. Goodbar

Name: Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Genre: Drama, Crime
Released: 1977-10-19
Duration: 136 min
Rating: 6.3

★ 6,3 /10 (130 Votes)

1977 EN 136 min

Overview

A short, unhappy affair with a married man leads a dedicated schoolteacher into the alcohol-and-drug fueled underworld of singles’ bars, where she begins to engage in a pattern of dangerous sexual activity.

Stream

Release date

19/10/1977

Votes

130

Popularity

2.6

To her father, Theresa was a dutiful daughter. To the children she taught, Theresa brought warmth and hope. To the men she met in bars, Theresa was easy. All kinds of people loved Theresa. Diane Keaton plays Theresa in Looking for Mr. Goodbar.

Genres

Drama Crime

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

136 min

Revenue

$22,512,655

Diane Keaton

Theresa

Tuesday Weld

Katherine

William Atherton

James

Richard Kiley

Mr. Dunn

Richard Gere

Tony

Alan Feinstein

Martin

Tom Berenger

Gary

Priscilla Pointer

Mrs. Dunn

Laurie Prange

Brigid

Joel Fabiani

Barney

Julius Harris

Black Cat

Richard Bright

George

LeVar Burton

Cap Jackson

Marilyn Coleman

Mrs. Jackson

Carole Mallory

Marvella

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Mary Ann Mallis

Principal

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Jolene Dellenbach

Teacher

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Lou Fant

Teacher (as Louie Fant)

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Eddie Garrett

Bartender

Alex Courtney

Arthur (as Alexander Courtney)

Brian Dennehy

Surgeon

Richard Venture

Doctor

Robert John Burke

Patrick

Robert Fields

Rafe

Richard O'Brien

Father Timothy

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Anthony 'Tony' Hawkins

Chuck

Caren Kaye

Rhoda

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Dick Spangler

TV Announcer (as Richard Spangler)

Elizabeth Cheshire

Little Theresa

Marilyn Roberts

Woman in Bar

R.J. Adams

Man in Bar (uncredited)

Rutanya Alda

Deaf Teacher (uncredited)

Bob Harks

Man in Bar (uncredited)

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John Lafferty

Undercover Police Officer (uncredited)

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Bill Willens

Club Hustler (uncredited)

Original Soundtrack

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We're all hurt someplace and we're all looking for a painkiller. Looking for Mr. Goodbar is directed by Richard Brooks and Brooks adapts the screenplay from the Judith Rossner novel of the same name. It stars Diane Keaton, Tuesday Weld, William Atherton, Richard Kiley, Richard Gere, Alan Feinstein and Tom Berenger. Music is by Artie Kane and cinematography by William A. Fraker. Theresa Dunn (Keaton) is a dedicated schoolteacher to deaf children by day, but at night she cruises bars looking for abusive men with whom she can engage in progressively violent sexual encounters. First off…

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