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The Typists

8.0Oct 7, 19710h 56mComedyDramaTV Movie

Directed by Glenn Jordan

Written by Murray Schisgal, Murray Schisgal

Real-life couple Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson star in this 1971 television adaptation of Murray Schisgal's moving play, in which married law student Paul Cunningham takes a job as a typist for an ad agency, where he meets lonely spinster Sylvia. Through a series of flashbacks and flash-forwards, the story of their relationship and developing romance unfolds. Emmy Award winner Glenn Jordan directs this volume from the Broadway Theater Archive.

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Cast

Anne Jackson

Anne Jackson

Sylvia Payton

Eli Wallach

Eli Wallach

Paul Cunningham