Play It as It Lays

Play It as It Lays

99 mins | Drama | Oct. 19, 1972

Burned-out B-movie actress Maria, depressed and frustrated with her loveless marriage to an ambitious film director, Carter Lang, who would rather work on his career than on his relationship with her, numbs herself with drugs and sex with strangers. Only her friendship with a sensitive gay movie producer, B.Z., offers a semblance of solace. But even that relationship proves to be fleeting amidst the empty decadence of Hollywood.

Play It as It Lays

99 mins | Drama | Oct. 19, 1972

Play It as It Lays
Burned-out B-movie actress Maria, depressed and frustrated with her loveless marriage to an ambitious film director, Carter Lang, who would rather work on his career than on his relationship with her, numbs herself with drugs and sex with strangers. Only her friendship with a sensitive gay movie producer, B.Z., offers a semblance of solace. But even that relationship proves to be fleeting amidst the empty decadence of Hollywood.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers Universal Pictures, F.P. Productions
Original title Play It as It Lays
Directors Frank Perry, Edward Teets
Writers John Gregory Dunne, Joan Didion

Cast

Tuesday Weld

as Maria Wyeth Lang

Anthony Perkins

as B.Z.

Adam Roarke

as Carter Lang

Tammy Grimes

as Helene

Ruth Ford

as Carlotta

Eddie Firestone

as Benny Austin

Diana Ewing

as Susannah

Paul Lambert

as Larry Kulik

Chuck McCann

as Abortionist's Assistant

Severn Darden

as Hypnotist

Tony Young

as Johnny Waters

Richard Anderson

as Les Goodwin

Tyne Daly

as Journalist

Norman Foster

as Abortionist

Elizabeth Claman

as The Chickie

Mitzi Hoag

as Patsy

Roger Ewing

as Nelson

Dick Ryal

as Apartment Manager

John P. Finnegan

as Frank

Tracy Morgan

as Jeanelle

Darlene Conley

as Kate's Nurse

Allan Warnick

as T.V. Panelist