Manhattan
Apr 25 1979
•2h 36m
•Comedy, Drama, Romance
Manhattan explores how the life of a middle-aged television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.
Cast
See allWoody Allen
Isaac Davis
Diane Keaton
Mary Wilkie
Michael Murphy
Yale
Mariel Hemingway
Tracy
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