MELVIN AND HOWARD

Details

• Release Year: 1980
• Genre: Comedy, Drama
• Plot: Oscar-winner Jason Robards and Paul Le Mat star in this hilariously touching, and possibly true, story about a poor down-and-out loser who may have once met up with the world's richest man.; ; What begins as an ordinary night for Melvin ends as the most fortunate moment in his unlucky life when he picks up an eccentric hitchhiker. Melvin scoffs when the man says he's reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes. But his scorn turns to joy when he receives a letter naming him heir to Hughes' fortune! The hard part is convincing his long-suffering wife, Lynda (Mary Steenburgen), his friends and the estate lawyers in this touching, slice-of-life satire.
• Cast: Jason Robards, Paul Le Mat, Elizabeth Cheshire, Mary Steenburgen, Chip Taylor, Melvin E. Dummar, Michael J. Pollard, Denise Galik, Gene Borkan, Lesley Margret Burton, Wendy Lee Couch, Marguerite Baierski, Janice King, Deborah Ann Klein, Theodora Thomas, Gloria Grahame, Elise Hudson, Robert Ridgely, Susan Peretz, Robert Wentz, Hal Marshall, Naida Reynolds, Herbie Faye, Charles Napier, Jack Kehoe, Pamela Reed, Sonny Carl Davis, Brendan Kelly, Danny Tucker, Shirley Washington, Cheryl Smith, Jason Ball, Darrell Devlin, Danny Dark, Linda Cardoso, Melissa Prophet, Garrie Kelly, John Thundercloud, Martine Beswick, Charlene Holt, Melissa Williams, Antony Alda, James Lyle Strong, Rick Lenz, Gary Goetzman, John Levin, Kathleen Sullivan, Jack Verbois, Robert G. Reece, Joseph Ragno, John Glover, Joseph Walker Jr., Dabney Coleman, Charles Horden, Robert S. Holman, Joe Spinell, Tom Willett, Jonathan Demme
• Director: Jonathan Demme
• Runtime: 1:35
• Company: Universal Studios
• Media Format: Movie