The Wool Cap

The Wool Cap

103 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Nov. 20, 2004

This film, originally made for tv, stars William H. Macy as a mute superintendent of a apartment building that is falling apart who becomes the unwilling guardian to a young girl with a bit of an attitude. The film is an updated and Americanized version of the 1962 feature film Gigot starring Jackie Gleason, who also wrote the original story.

The Wool Cap

103 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Nov. 20, 2004

The Wool Cap
This film, originally made for tv, stars William H. Macy as a mute superintendent of a apartment building that is falling apart who becomes the unwilling guardian to a young girl with a bit of an attitude. The film is an updated and Americanized version of the 1962 feature film Gigot starring Jackie Gleason, who also wrote the original story.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers 20th Century Fox Television, Dog Pond Productions
Original title The Wool Cap
Directors Steven Schachter
Writers Steven Schachter, Jackie Gleason, William H. Macy

Cast

William H. Macy

as Gigot

Ned Beatty

as Gigot's Father

Don Rickles

as Ira

Keke Palmer

as Lou

Cherise Boothe

as Arleen

Catherine O'Hara

as Gloria

Lucinda Davis

as Jamal's Sister

Isabelle Champeau

as Flight attendant