Take Your Best Shot

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Take Your Best Shot

1982

1h 36m

7.0(2 votes)

Drama

Comedy

TV Movie

Overview

An actor whose career has gone flat resolves to pursue a more stable occupation while also trying to save his troubled marriage.

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19 members

Acting

Robert Urich

Jess Marriner

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Meredith Baxter

Carol Marriner

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Jeffrey Tambor

Alden Pepper

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Jack Bannon

Dr. Barry Richardson

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Claudette Nevins

Andrea

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Susan Peretz

Plump Girl

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Howard McGillin

Dean Hilliard

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Rosanna Huffman

Gail

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Jeannetta Arnette

Fran

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Richard Roat

Bainbridge

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Matthew Faison

Sy Dellinger

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Michael Bell

Phil

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Ruth Manning

Casting Director

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Production

Vahan Moosekian

Young Man in Acting Class

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Robert Nadder

Acting Teacher

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Sam Scarber

Actor

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Tom Sims

Mime

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Eric Sinclair

Butler

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Stephen Yates

Actor-Type in Gas Station

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