The staff of the Back Bay Mainline, a Boston underground newspaper that rose to prominence in the 1960s, struggles with the shifting social climate of the '70s amid rumors that the paper is about to be sold to a media giant.
John Heard
as Harry
Lindsay Crouse
as Abbie
Jeff Goldblum
as Max
Jill Eikenberry
as Lynn
Bruno Kirby
as David
Gwen Welles
as Laura
Stephen Collins
as Michael
Lewis J. Stadlen
as Stanley
Jon Korkes
as Frank
Michael J. Pollard
as The Hawker
Lane Smith
as Roy Walsh
Joe Morton
as Ahmed