At the behest of an old and dear friend, playwright Lillian Hellman undertakes a dangerous mission to smuggle funds into Nazi Germany.
Jane Fonda
as Lillian Hellman
Vanessa Redgrave
as Julia
Jason Robards
as Dashiell Hammett
Maximilian Schell
as Johann
Hal Holbrook
as Alan
Rosemary Murphy
as Dorothy Parker
Meryl Streep
as Anne Marie
Dora Doll
as Woman Passenger
Elisabeth Mortensen
as Girl Passenger
John Glover
as Sammy
Lisa Pelikan
as Young Julia
Cathleen Nesbitt
as Julia's Grandmother