Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?
10/09/1983
2h

Zee is walking up and down Manhattan streets, talking to herself and to the husband who has just left her. At a sidewalk café she runs into Eli, and a very unlikely, funny and touching relationship develops between two lost souls in the big city.
Cast


Michael Emil
Eli


Karen Black
Zee


Michael Margotta
Larry
Martin Harvey Friedberg
Mort


Frances Fisher
Louise
Anna Raviv
Young Woman At Cafe


Robert Hallak
Young Man At Cafe
Daniel W. Fitzgerald
Band Member (as the Lost Wandering Blues Band)
George Bacon
Band Member (as the Lost Wandering Blues Band)
Joe Price
Band Member (as the Lost Wandering Blues Band)
William Gross
Band Member (as the Lost Wandering Blues Band)


Paul Williams
Zee's Husband
Robert Schwimmer
Zee's Pianist
Madeline Silver
Eli's Ex-Wife
Ariela Nicole
Eli's Daughter
Nicolo Ritolo
Hansom Cab Driver
Sandra Timpani
Eli's Office Worker
Danielle Bates
Eli's Office Worker
Eva Vita
Eli's Office Worker


Larry David
Mort's Friend At Cafe
Kyly Sicher
Cafe Waitress
Charlene Greco
Cafe Waitress


Arnon Milchan
Customer at Cafe


Carol Kane
Customer At Cafe
Jan Herrero
Customer At Cafe
Richard Cox
Customer At Cafe
Meir Teper
Customer At Cafe
Jonathan Feldman
Customer At Cafe
Geraldine Baron
Customer At Cafe


Orson Welles
Magician (uncredited)
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