Fast Friends
1979, English. Directed by Steven Hilliard Stern.
A young divorcee struggles to provide for her young son and make a new life for herself in the backstage jungle of a TV talk show, becoming fast friends with its head writer whose job it is to see that its host, a woman-chasing egomaniac, stays at the top of the ratings.
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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- Released
- 19 March 1979
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Sandra Harmon
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Fast Friends runs 100 minutes (1h 40m).
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Fast Friends isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 19 March 1979. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
What movies are like Fast Friends?
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Who directed Fast Friends?
Fast Friends (1979) was directed by Steven Hilliard Stern and stars Carrie Snodgress, Dick Shawn, Edie Adams.