Drama / Music / Romance /

Score: 60.5%( 96 votes )

Overview: During the Great Depression, a sheet music salesman seeks to escape his dreary life through popular music and a love affair with an innocent school teacher.

Cast:

Steve Martin
Arthur

Bernadette Peters
Eileen

Jessica Harper
Joan

Vernel Bagneris
The Accordion Man

John McMartin
Mr. Warner

John Karlen
The Detective

Jay Garner
The Banker

Robert Fitch
Al

Tommy Rall
Ed

Eliska Krupka
The Blind Girl

Christopher Walken
Tom

Francis X. McCarthy
The Bartender

Raleigh Bond
Mr. Barrett

Gloria LeRoy
A Prostitute

Nancy Parsons
The Old Whore

Toni Kaye
Tart

Shirley Kirkes
Tart

Jack Fletcher
Elevator Operator

Hunter Watkins
Boy

Arell Blanton
Motorcycle Police

George P. Wilbur
Motorcycle Police

M.C. Gainey
Young Policeman

Mark Campbell
Newsboy

Mark Martinez
Schoolboy

Duke Stroud
Counterman

Joseph G. Medalis
Counterman

Richard Blum
Pool Player

William Frankfather
Pool Player

James Mendenhall
Warden

Jim Boeke
Hangman

Robert Lee Jarvis
Policeman

Luke Andreas
Customer

Will Hare
Father Everson

Joshua Cadman
Jumbo

Paul Valentine
Bar Patron

Bill Richards
Bar Patron

John Craig
Bar Patron

Alton Ruff
Bar Patron / Dancer

Karla J. Franko
Bank Secretary

Robin Hoff
Bank Secretary

Linda Montana
Bank Secretary

Bunney Brooke
Bank Secretary

Twink Caplan
Bank Customer

Lillian D'Honau
Bank Customer

Barbara Nordella
Bank Customer

Dean Taliaferro
Bank Customer

Wayne Storm
Bank Guard

Gene Ross
Bank Teller

Edward J. Heim
Bank Teller

Dave Adams
Bank Teller

Greg Finley
Bank Teller

Paul Michael
Bank Teller

Joe Ross
Bank Teller

Tammy O'Rourke
Dancer (uncredited)