Seize the Day

Seize the Day

93 mins | Drama | Sept. 9, 1986

Tommy Wilhelm (Robin Williams) is a salesman. An honest, hard-working guy who has lost his job, his girlfriend, and left part of his sanity behind as he heads to New York to pick up the pieces of his life. He's always been able to sell, but caught in a downward spiral, he must, in addition, face the father who never really understood him, while trying to balance his newly precarious existence.

Seize the Day

93 mins | Drama | Sept. 9, 1986

Seize the Day
Tommy Wilhelm (Robin Williams) is a salesman. An honest, hard-working guy who has lost his job, his girlfriend, and left part of his sanity behind as he heads to New York to pick up the pieces of his life. He's always been able to sell, but caught in a downward spiral, he must, in addition, face the father who never really understood him, while trying to balance his newly precarious existence.
IMDb rating 5.8
Producers Learning in Focus
Original title Seize the Day
Directors Mark Croll, Dwight Williams, Fielder Cook
Writers Ronald Ribman, Saul Bellow

Cast

Robin Williams

as Tommy Wilhelm

Jerry Stiller

as Dr. Tamkin

Joseph Wiseman

as Dr. Adler

Glenne Headly

as Olive

John Fiedler

as Carl

Richard B. Shull

as Rojax

Katherine Borowitz

as Margaret

Louis Guss

as Rubin

William Duell

as Joey

Tony Roberts

as Bernie Pell

Jo Van Fleet

as Mrs. Einhorn

Allen Swift

as Maurice Venice

Steve Vinovich

as Zeigler

Tom Aldredge

as Rappaport

Fyvush Finkel

as Shomier

William Hickey

as Peris

Carl Low

as Rowland

Walt Gorney

as Panhandler

David Bickford

as Son-in-Law

Stephen Strimpell

as Stockbroker

Paula Trueman

as Woman #1

Harry Davis

as Elderly Man