The Typists
1971, English. Directed by Glenn Jordan.
Real-life couple Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson star in this 1971 television adaptation of Murray Schisgal's moving play, in which married law student Paul Cunningham takes a job as a typist for an ad agency, where he meets lonely spinster Sylvia. Through a series of flashbacks and flash-forwards, the story of their relationship and developing romance unfolds. Emmy Award winner Glenn Jordan directs this volume from the Broadway Theater Archive.
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- 0h 56m
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- English
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- 7 October 1971
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Murray Schisgal
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The Typists (1971) was directed by Glenn Jordan and stars Anne Jackson, Eli Wallach.