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Sunday Cinema: The Sterile Cuckoo

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

starring
Liza Minnelli
Wendell Burton
En route to begin his freshman year at college, biology student Jerry Payne meets ' Pookie,' a strange, disarming and irrepressibly talkative young girl also embarking on her first college year. Gradually their friendship deepens into love.
Screenplay by ALVIN SARGENT
Based on the novel by john NICHOLS Producer and director ALAN J. PAKULA Films: page 11

Contributors

Unknown:
Liza Minnelli
Unknown:
Wendell Burton
Unknown:
Jerry Payne
Unknown:
Alvin Sargent
Novel By:
John Nichols
Director:
Alan J. Pakula
Pookie Adams:
Liza Minnelli
Jerry Payne:
Wendei Burton
Charlie Schumacher:
Tim McIntire
Landlady:
Elizabeth Harrower
Pookie's father:
Austin Green
Nancy Putnam:
Sandra Faison
Roe:
Chris Bugbee
Helen Upshaw:
Jawn McKinley
Source: Radio Times

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