Tales of Ordinary Madness
Sep 11 1981
•2h 41m
•Drama
Poet/lecturer Charles Serking awakens from his alcoholic haze long enough to take a bus back to L.A. and plunge into an orgy of drink and sexual depravity.
Cast
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Ben Gazzara
Charles Serking
Ornella Muti
Cass
Susan Tyrrell
Vera
Tanya Lopert
Vicky
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