A man falls madly in love with a pretty newscaster and goes all out to win her heart and her hand in marriage before she weds another man.
Acting
Bess Armstrong carries chaotic energy with straight face.
Costume
Peak late-70s wedding fashion disasters.
Director
Steven Hilliard Stern
Richard Thomas
Michael Carboni
Bess Armstrong
Kristine Lawrence
Dena Dietrich
Sylvia Carboni
Fabian
Wayne Spanka
Mark Harmon
Howie Lesser
Katherine Helmond
Vera Lesser
Van Johnson
Phil Lawrence
Mimi Kennedy
Jenny
Audra Lindley
Catherine Lawrence
Julie Mannix
Paula
Vic Tayback
Burt Carboni
Richard Deacon
Wedding Director
Claude Stroud
Sam Harris
Mark Lenard
Mr. Bloom
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This aired on CBS as a Movie of the Week during the network's peak rom-com TV movie era.
Richard Thomas was still riding his John-Boy Walton wholesome image—casting him as a romantic disruptor was deliberate subversion.
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