Jason is in need of a collaborator to give him inspiration. Phoebe is a small-town English teacher with an urge to write. On the day Jason is being married, Jason and Phoebe meet and form a partnership.
Dudley Moore
as Jason Carmichael
Mary Steenburgen
as Phoebe Craddock
Frances Sternhagen
as Blanche Dailey
Janet Eilber
as Allison St. James
Robyn Douglass
as Kate Mallory
Ron Leibman
as Leo Jessup
Rozsika Halmos
as Maid
Alexander Lockwood
as Minister
Erica Hiller
as Young Woman
Sean Patrick Guérin
as Timmy (6)
Dick Wieand
as TV Reporter
Brass Adams
as Bartender