Finnegan Begin Again

Finnegan Begin Again

Finnegan Begin Again

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Finnegan Begin Again

"When you lose your heart, there's only one solution"

1985

1h 55m

6.5(12 votes)

Comedy

Drama

Romance

TV Movie

Overview

A schoolteacher in her early 40s, involved in a dead-end love affair with a married mortician, drifts into a relationship with an aging newspaperman.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Mary Tyler Moore

Mary Tyler Moore

Liz DeHaan

Robert Preston

Robert Preston

Mike Finnegan

Sam Waterston

Sam Waterston

Paul Broadbent

Sylvia Sidney

Sylvia Sidney

Margaret

David Huddleston

David Huddleston

Jack Archer

Bob Gunton

Bob Gunton

Christian Jameson

Giancarlo Esposito

Giancarlo Esposito

Intruder

Russell Horton

Russell Horton

Mort

Avery Brooks

Avery Brooks

Dude on Bus

Peter Friedman

Peter Friedman

John Jewell

Creative team

Directed by: Joan Micklin Silver
Written by: Walter Lockwood
Produced by: Gower Frost

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