A young nihilistic New Yorker copes with pervasive urban violence, obscene phone calls, rusty water pipes, electrical blackouts, paranoia, and ethnic-racial conflict during a typical summer of the 1970s.
Elliott Gould
as Alfred Chamberlain
Marcia Rodd
as Patsy Newquist
Vincent Gardenia
as Carol Newquist
Elizabeth Wilson
as Marge Newquist
Jon Korkes
as Kenny Newquist
John Randolph
as Mr. Chamberlain
Doris Roberts
as Mrs. Chamberlain
Lou Jacobi
as Judge Stern
Donald Sutherland
as Rev. Dupas
Alan Arkin
as Lt. Practice
Martin Kove
as Checkpoint Police Officer (uncredited)
