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Looking for Mr. Goodbar ()

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A dedicated schoolteacher spends her nights cruising bars, looking for abusive men with whom she can engage in progressively extreme sexual encounters.
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  • Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 1 win & 4 nominations.
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Theresa Dunn
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Katherine Dunn
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James
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Mr. Dunn
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Tony
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Martin Engle
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Gary
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Mrs. Dunn
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Brigid
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Barney
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Black Cat
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George
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Cap Jackson
Marilyn Coleman ...
Mrs. Jackson
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Marvella
Mary Ann Mallis ...
Principal
Jolene Dellenbach ...
Teacher
Lou Fant ...
Teacher (as Louie Fant)
Eddie Garrett ...
Bartender
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Arthur (as Alexander Courtney)
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Surgeon
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Doctor
Robert Burke ...
Patrick
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Rafe
Richard O'Brien ...
Father Timothy
Anthony Hawkins ...
Chuck (as Tony Hawkins)
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Rhoda
Dick Spangler ...
TV Announcer (as Richard Spangler)
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Little Theresa
Marilyn Roberts ...
Woman in Bar
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
R.J. Adams ...
Man in Bar (uncredited)
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Deaf Teacher (uncredited)
Phil Chong ...
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Ken Clayton ...
Bar Patron (uncredited)
Jack Clinton ...
Bar Patron (uncredited)
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Bar Patron (uncredited)
John Lafferty ...
Undercover Police Officer (uncredited)
Bill Willens ...
Club Hustler (uncredited)

Directed by

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Richard Brooks

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Judith Rossner ... (based on the novel by)
 
Richard Brooks ... (written for the screen by)

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Freddie Fields ... producer (produced by)

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Artie Kane ... (music scored by)

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William A. Fraker ... director of photography

Editing by

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George Grenville ... (edited by)

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Larry Grenville ... assistant editor
Nancy Sammons ... assistant editor
Don Dittmar ... color timer (uncredited)

Casting By

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Marion Dougherty
Judith Lamb ... (as Judy Lamb)

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Edward C. Carfagno ... (as Edward Carfagno)

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Ruby R. Levitt ... (as Ruby Levitt)

Makeup Department

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Judith A. Cory ... hair styles (as Judith Corey)
Susan Germaine ... hair styles
Charles H. Schram ... makeup (as Charles Schram)

Production Management

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David Silver ... unit production manager
Lindsley Parsons Jr. ... executive production manager: Paramount (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Alan Brimfeld ... second assistant director (as Alan Brimfield)
David Silver ... assistant director

Art Department

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Tom Fairbanks ... property master (as Tommi Fairbanks)
Mentor Huebner ... production illustrator (uncredited)
Thomas L. Roysden ... leadman (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Michael Galloway ... sound
Robert W. Glass Jr. ... sound re-recordist
Al Overton Jr. ... sound
Richard Portman ... sound re-recordist
Kay Rose ... sound editor
Victoria Rose Sampson ... sound editor (as Vickie Sampson)
Curly Thirlwell ... sound re-recordist

Stunts

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James M. Halty ... stunts (uncredited)
Bennie Moore ... stunts (uncredited)
Ron Stein ... stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Gerald H. Boatright ... best boy (as Jerry Boatwright)
Arthur Brooker ... key grip (as Art Brooker)
Kathy Fields ... photographs: title montage
Leslie Hill ... camera assistant
Bill Krattiger ... electrician
Nick McLean ... camera operator
Doug Pentek ... gaffer
Harold Rabuse ... best boy
Ronald L. Vargas Jr. ... camera assistant (as Ron Vargas Jr.)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Jodie Lynn Tillen ... costume supervisor

Location Management

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Justin Buehrlen ... location auditor

Music Department

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Joan Biel ... music editor

Script and Continuity Department

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Marshall Schlom ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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James Nordberg ... transportation (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

Theresa is a successful teacher of deaf children during the day but after a short unhappy affair starts to spend her nights cruising bars. Her craving first for sex but later also for drugs leads into increasingly demeaning and dangerous situations at odds with her daytime commitment to her children. Written by Jeremy Perkins {J-26}

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Taglines A teacher by day. At night she cruises. See more »
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Also Known As
  • Mr. Goodbar (United Kingdom)
  • À la recherche de Mr. Goodbar (France)
  • Buscando al señor Goodbar (Spain)
  • Hvor er Mr. Goodbar? (Norway)
  • ミスター・グッドバーを探して (Japan, Japanese title)
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Runtime
  • 136 min
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Box Office

Opening Weekend United States $1,837,976, 23 Oct 1977

Did You Know?

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Trivia Tom Berenger admitted in an interview that he had nightmares after he was finished shooting all of his scenes as Gary. See more »
Goofs In the book, Theresa's sister Katherine goes to Puerto Rico to procure an abortion during a scene that takes place in the mid-1960s. In the movie, the timeline is changed so that this scene is set in 1975, two years after abortion was legalized by the Roe v. Wade ruling, making the trip to Puerto Rico unnecessary. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Forward Into the Past (1996). See more »
Soundtracks Try Me, I Know We Can Make It See more »
Crazy Credits The Paramount logo is shortened at both ends, fading in at the point the text already appears. It was gray-scaled in the closing version. See more »
Quotes Gary: In my neighbourhood if you didn't fight you were a fruit. In prison if you didn't fight you spread ass.
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