T.R. Baskin (1971)

Dear Mom & Dad, Have Gone to Chicago to seek fame and fortune. Don’t wait up. - Love, T.R.

Candice Bergen (Carnal Knowledge and Murphy Brown) is T.R. Baskin, a naïve young woman with a droll sense of humor, who ventures from small town Ohio to the bright lights of Chicago in search of an interesting career, intellectual stimulation, true love and happiness… and instead discovers that the urban existence is as unfulfilling and lonely as the one she fled. A tender encounter with one man (James Caan, The Godfather and Thief) ends with an unfortunate misunderstanding. However, it leads to a therapeutic Sunday afternoon with a sincere traveling salesman (Peter Boyle, Joe and Everybody Loves Raymond), who provides hope and encouragement, as he confides in her about his own insecurities and disappointments. Herbert Ross (Footloose and Pennies From Heaven) directs this wryly humorous drama from a perceptive script by Peter Hyams (Outland and Running Scared).

Directed by: Herbert Ross
Starring: Candice Bergen, James Caan, Peter Boyle, Marcia Rodd
1971/ 90 min / 1.85 / English Mono