The Princess and the Cabbie (1981)
2h
Running Time
November 3, 1981Release Date
The Princess and the Cabbie (1981)
2h
Running Time
November 3, 1981Release Date
Plot.
A young woman works to overcome her dyslexia with the help of a good-hearted cab driver.
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Cast & Crew.
Valerie Bertinelli
Joanna James
Robert Desiderio
Joe Holiday
Cynthia Harris
Barbara Cunningham
Shelley Long
Carol
Peter Donat
Edward James
Ellen Geer
Nellie
Glenn Jordan
Director
Edward Pomerantz
Writer
Harry Moses
Louis Cunningham
William Browder
Jacques
Ilene Kahn Power
Producer
Al Cingolani
2nd Driver
Patrick Williams
Composer
Gayne Rescher
Cinematographer
Dolores Dorn
Emcee
Sue Ann Gilfillan
Dr. Beatrice Adams
Michael McCroskey
Editor
Jim Haynie
Executive
Joe Miksak
3rd Doorman
Charlotte Stewart
Nurse
Bill Bonham
Deli Waiter
Chuck Dorsett
4th Doorman
Allen Gebhardt
Young Man in Bar
Ray Goodman
2nd Doorman
Details.
Wiki.
The Princess and the Cabbie is a 1981 television movie aired on CBS on 3 November 1981 about a young woman who struggles with dyslexia.
The film stars Valerie Bertinelli as Joanna James, an heiress who is sheltered from the real world. One day she meets literary cab driver, Joe Holiday (Robert Desiderio), who references Shakespeare, T. S. Eliot, James Joyce, William Carlos Williams, Albert Einstein, Gustave Flaubert and Agatha Christie. Also starring is Shelley Long. After leaving her book in his cab, Holiday gets to know her and discovers Joanna's secret: she can't read, write, or even remember telephone numbers or directions home. Determining that she is dyslexic, Holiday begins to help her gain independence.