Tell Me a Riddle (1980)
1h 30m
Running Time
December 15, 1980Release Date
Tell Me a Riddle (1980)
1h 30m
Running Time
December 15, 1980Release Date
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Plot.
Touching story of elderly couple David and Eva who go on one last journey across the USA when they discover Eva is dying, ending up with their granddaughter Jeannie in San Francisco. Restored in 2022 by the Academy Film Archive and The Film Foundation. Restoration funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation.
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Cast & Crew.
Melvyn Douglas
David
Lila Kedrova
Eva
Brooke Adams
Jeannie
Bob Elross
Sammy
Dolores Dorn
Vivi
Lee Grant
Director
Zalman King
Paul
Peter Coyote
Young David
Details.
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Wiki.
Tell Me a Riddle is a 1980 American drama film directed by actress Lee Grant. The screenplay by Joyce Eliason and Alev Lytle is based on the 1961 O. Henry Award novella from Tillie Olsen's collection of short stories of the same name. Tell Me a Riddle was Grant's first film as director. Grant and Eliason would later collaborate on David Lynch's Mulholland Drive.