Plot
When a corporate raider threatens a hostile takeover of a 'mom and pop' company, the patriarch of the company enlists the help of his wife's attractive daughter—who is a lawyer—to stop the takeover. However, the raider soon becomes infatuated with her, and enjoys the legal manoeuvring as he tries to win her heart.
Cast
Danny DeVito
Lawrence Garfield
Gregory Peck
Andrew Jorgenson
Penelope Ann Miller
Kate Sullivan
Piper Laurie
Bea Sullivan
Dean Jones
Bill Coles
R. D. Call
Arthur
Mo Gaffney
Harriet
Bette Henritze
Emma
Tom Aldredge
Ozzie
Leila Kenzle
Marcia
Cullen O. Johnson
Gus
William De Acutis
Pfeiffer
Crew
Norman Jewison
Director
Alvin Sargent
Screenplay
Norman Jewison
Producer
Ric Kidney
Producer
David Newman
Original Music Composer
Haskell Wexler
Director of Photography
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