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DRAMA

ROMANCE

A lonely Navy sailor falls in love with a hooker and becomes a surrogate father figure for her son during an extended liberty due to his service records being lost.

name	character
James Caan	John Baggs Jr.
Kirk Calloway	Doug
Dabney Coleman	Executive Officer
Bruno Kirby	Alcott
Sally Kirkland	Fleet Chick
Jon Locke	Go-Go Club Owner
Marsha Mason	Maggie Paul
Allyn Ann McLerie	Miss Watkins
Eli Wallach	Lynn Forshay
Katherine Wilson	Dance Hall Girl
Burt Young	Master at Arms

name
Darryl Ponicsan	writer (original), screenplay
Mark Rydell	director, producer
John Williams	composer

year	award	category	name
1973	Golden Globe Award	Best Actress	Marsha Mason