Movies:
Trading Hearts
- Rating:
- Genre: Drama
- Director: Neil Leifer
- Main Cast: Raul Julia, Beverly D'Angelo, Jenny Lewis, Parris Buckner, Robert Gwaltney
- Release Year: 1987
- Country: US
- Run Time: 88 minutes
- MPAA Rating: PG
Plot
Sportswriter Frank Deford wrote the screenplay to this romantic melodrama about a washed-up baseball pitcher and a second-rate lounge singer. Vinnie (Raul Julia) is the veteran hurler who has just been cut in spring training by the Boston Red Sox. He stops off at a hotel where Donna (Beverly D'Angelo) is singing in the lounge. Donna's baseball-loving daughter Yvonne (Jenny Lewis) recognizes Vinnie from her baseball card collection and is convinced he should be her new daddy. After an initial misunderstanding, Donna and Vinnie resolve their differences, but Yvonne's wealthy grandfather Robert (Parris Buckner) threatens to gain custody of the little girl. Vinnie and Donna leave with Yvonne, who forges a $10,000 check of her grandfather's so the trio can escape. Vinnie again makes the rounds in Florida in hopes of making one last comeback in the majors. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie GuideCast
- Raul Julia - Vinnie Iacona
- Beverly D'Angelo - Donna Nottingham
- Jenny Lewis - Yvonne Rhonda Nottingham
- Parris Buckner - Robert Nottingham
- Robert Gwaltney - Ducky
Ruben Rabasa - Pepe; Mark Harris - Ralph; Nina Axelrod; Edward I. Koch - Tourist Husband; Frank Logan - Skip; Annie Ross - Deputy; Jodie Wilson - Tourist Wife; Frank Deford - Bartender #2; Neil Leifer - Bar Patron; Jerry Lewis; Alexander Panas - Benjie; Richard Barron - The Stranger; William Fuller - Sheriff; Robin Caldwell - Patricia Nottingham; Earleen Carey - Pearl; Ruth Farley - Nottingham Maid; Tom Kouchalakos - Bartender #1; Sandy Mielke - Ray Bob; Barry Hober - Male Tourist
