"Ask yourself if you're really happy."
In New York City, the lives of a lawyer, an actuary, a house-cleaner, a professor, and the people around them intersect as they ponder order and happiness in the face of life's cold unpredictability.
Troy

Walker

Beatrice

Patricia

Gene

Owen
Bureau Chief

Co-Worker

Assistant Attorney

Legal Assistant

Defense Attorney

Defendant
Judge

Bartender
Cab Driver
Helen

Aspiring Medical Student

Intelligent Student
Young Woman in Class

Student Teacher

Neighbor

Doctor
Mover

Dorrie

Bea's Mother

Architect

Neighborhood Boy

Pastor
Choir Member
Choir Member
Choir Member
Choir Member
Choir Member
Choir Member
Choir Member
Choir Member
Choir Member
Choir Member
Choir Member
Choir Member
Dick Lacey

Wade Bowman
Mickey Wheeler

Ronnie

Lew Kincannon

Del Strickland

Donald

Pete

Glenn

Young Finance Manager
Sales Manager
Gene's Secretary
Del's Receptionist
Ronnie's Roommate

Freeloader

Coffee Shop Counterman

Public Defender

Judge
Court Clerk
Teenager on Subway
Young Man in Courthouse (uncredited)