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The Way We Were

7.019731h 58mPGMovieDramaRomance

Opposites attract when, during their college days, Katie Morosky, a politically active Jew, meets Hubbell Gardiner, a feckless WASP. Years later, in the wake of World War II, they meet once again and, despite their obvious differences, attempt to make their love for each other work.

DirectorSydney Pollack
WriterArthur Laurents
ProducerRay Stark

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Cast · Directed by Sydney Pollack

BSBarbra Streisand
Barbra Streisand
Katie Morosky
RRRobert Redford
Robert Redford
Hubbell Gardner
BDBradford Dillman
Bradford Dillman
J.J.
LCLois Chiles
Lois Chiles
Carol Ann
POPatrick O'Neal
Patrick O'Neal
George Bissinger
VLViveca Lindfors
Viveca Lindfors
Paula Reisner
AMAllyn Ann McLerie
Allyn Ann McLerie
Rhea Edwards
MHMurray Hamilton
Murray Hamilton
Brooks Carpenter
HEHerb Edelman
Herb Edelman
Bill Verso
DEDiana Ewing
Diana Ewing
Vicki Bissinger
SKSally Kirkland
Sally Kirkland
Pony Dunbar
MJMarcia Mae Jones
Marcia Mae Jones
Peggy Vanderbilt

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