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The Princess and the Cabbie

 
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The Princess and the Cabbie

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  • Director: Glenn Jordan
  • AMG Rating: starstar
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Year: 1981
  • Country: US
  • Run Time: 96 minutes

Plot

In this touching drama, an heiress with dyslexia is assisted by a self-taught taxi driver. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

Cast

Valerie Bertinelli - Joanna James; Robert Desiderio - Joe Holiday; Peter Donat; Ellen Geer; Cynthia Harris; Jim Haynie; Shelley Long - Carol

Credit

William T. McAllister - Art Director, Glenn Jordan - Director, Michael McCroskey - Editor, Freyda Rothstein - Executive Producer, Patrick Williams - Composer (Music Score), Gayne Rescher - Cinematographer, Greg Antonacci - Producer, Ilene Kahn - Producer, Edward Pomerantz - Teleplay By
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The Princess and the Cabbie
Directed by Glenn Jordan
Produced by Freyda Rothstein
Written by Edward Pomerantz
Starring Valerie Bertinelli
Robert Desiderio
Music by Patrick Williams
Cinematography Gayne Rescher
Editing by Michael McCroskey
Distributed by CBS
Release date(s) 3 November 1981
Running time 120 min (including commercials)
Country United States
Language English

The Princess and the Cabbie is a 1981 television movie aired on CBS on 3 November 1981 about a young woman who struggles with dyslexia.

The film stars Valerie Bertinelli as Joanna James, an heiress who is sheltered from the real world. One day she meets literary cab driver, Joe Holiday (Robert Desiderio), who references Shakespeare, T. S. Eliot, James Joyce, William Carlos Williams, Albert Einstein, Gustave Flaubert and Agatha Christie. [1] After leaving her book in his cab, Holiday gets to know her and discovers, "Joanna's secret, as she herself refers to it. She can't read, write, or even remember telephone numbers or directions home."[2] Determining that she is dyslexic, Holiday begins to help her gain independence.

Awards

  • 1982: Emmy Award: Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Limited Series or a Special (Dramatic Underscore)

Nominated:

  • 1982: Emmy Award: Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited Series or a Special

External links

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