Doc, who has just moved to Cannery Row, realizes that the only entertainment is the brothel. There he meets the spunky Suzy and they fall in love, giving them both a renewed chance at life.
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Nick Nolte
Doc
Debra Winger
Suzy DeSoto
Audra Lindley
Fauna Flood
Frank McRae
Hazel
M. Emmet Walsh
Mack
Tom Mahoney
Hughie
John Malloy
Jones
James Keane
Eddie
Sunshine Parker
The Seer
Santos Morales
Joseph and Mary
Director
David S. Ward
Tagline
"You don't have to be crazy to live here... but it helps."
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$11,300,000
Production
Chai Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Phills2
June 23, 2026
I'm afraid I speak for quite a few fans of the late Nobel winning novelist's book to say this film simply doesn't do his work justice. Just too many changes were made to fit a more Hollywood style formula comedy romance. It also was frustrating to see Sweet Thursday, his least successful book, combined and used more in the film. The new things added by director-wruter Ward seemed to have no purpos...
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