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Fast Friends

9.019791h 40mMovieDrama

A young divorcee struggles to provide for her young son and make a new life for herself in the backstage jungle of a TV talk show, becoming fast friends with its head writer whose job it is to see that its host, a woman-chasing egomaniac, stays at the top of the ratings.

DirectorSteven Hilliard Stern
WriterSandra Harmon
ProducersSandra Harmon·Allen S. Epstein

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Cast · Directed by Steven Hilliard Stern

CSCarrie Snodgress
Carrie Snodgress
Diana Hayward
DSDick Shawn
Dick Shawn
Deke Edwards
EAEdie Adams
Edie Adams
Connie Burton
JAJed Allan
Jed Allan
Bernie
VBVivian Blaine
Vivian Blaine
Sylvia
DD
Denise DuBarry
Marcy
THTom Hallick
Tom Hallick
Pat McKenna
EHElayne Heilveil
Elayne Heilveil
Amy
DLDavid Letterman
David Letterman
Matt Morgan
MPMichael Parks
Michael Parks
David York
SH
Susan Heldfond
Jenny Roman
MPMackenzie Phillips
Mackenzie Phillips
Susan

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Fast Friends hasn't started streaming in United States yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around May 7, 1979. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.