Mistress

Mistress

110 mins | Drama, Comedy | July 24, 1992

A comedy about a screenwriter (Wuhl) whose old movie script is read by a producer (Landau) and the search for financial backers begins. But it seems that each money source (Aiello, DeNiro, Wallach) has his own mistress that he wants put into the film. Gradually, the screenwriter is forced to make changes to his script to accommodate these backers until he finally sees no semblance of his original ideas in the writing.

Mistress

110 mins | Drama, Comedy | July 24, 1992

Mistress
A comedy about a screenwriter (Wuhl) whose old movie script is read by a producer (Landau) and the search for financial backers begins. But it seems that each money source (Aiello, DeNiro, Wallach) has his own mistress that he wants put into the film. Gradually, the screenwriter is forced to make changes to his script to accommodate these backers until he finally sees no semblance of his original ideas in the writing.
IMDb rating 5.4
Producers Tribeca Productions, Meir Teper
Original title Mistress
Directors Barbara Tuss, Barry Primus
Writers Barry Primus, J.F. Lawton

Cast

Robert Wuhl

as Marvin Landisman

Martin Landau

as Jack Roth

Jace Alexander

as Stuart Stratland Jr.

Robert De Niro

as Evan M. Wright

Laurie Metcalf

as Rachel Landisman

Eli Wallach

as George Lieberhof

Danny Aiello

as Carmine Rasso

Sheryl Lee Ralph

as Beverly Dumont

Jean Smart

as Patricia Riley

Tuesday Knight

as Peggy Pauline

Christopher Walken

as Warren Zell

Ernest Borgnine

as Himself

Vasek Simek

as Hans (as Vasek C. Simek)

Thomas R. Voth

as Stagehand

Mary Mercier

as Shelby's Waitress

Chuck Low

as Benrie

Tim Bagley

as Mitch's Singing Student

Roberta Wallach

as Nancy

Gretchen Becker

as Hamburger Girl