The Love Hypothesis
2026 · Romance · Comedy
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Film / 1984
Over the Brooklyn Bridge
Directed by
Menahem Golan
A put-upon Jewish deli owner in Brooklyn dreams of getting out from underneath the thumb of his domineering father and his haughty fashion-model girlfriend by buying his own restaurant in midtown Manhattan.
The story
A put-upon Jewish deli owner in Brooklyn dreams of getting out from underneath the thumb of his domineering father and his haughty fashion-model girlfriend by buying his own restaurant in midtown Manhattan.
Cast
Elliott GouldAlby Sherman
Margaux HemingwayElizabeth Anderson
Sid CaesarUncle Benjamin
Carol KaneCheryl
Burt YoungPhil
Shelley WintersBecky
Jerry LazarusLeonard Sherman
Francine BeersRuth Sherman
Leo PostrelSeymour Sherman
Rose ArrickSarah Sherman
Matt FischelHerbert Sherman
Lyn GreeneCynthia Sherman
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Robert GossettEddie
Karen ShalloMarlena
Amy RyderSusan
Sal RichardsMr. Giovanni
Leib LenskyMr. Goodman
Lou DavidMr. T
Tom McDermottBilly
Zvee ScoolerRebbe
Mort FreemanCantor
Mary GutziAngela
Jean ElliottRosie the Receptionist
Aki AleongJapanese Buyer #1
Kim ChanJapanese Buyer #2
Claude VincentCabbie
Manuel E. SantiagoCabbie
Jackie JamesPaula
Linda KernsCindy
Christopher WynkoopLawyer
Barbara RuckerFashion Center Receptionist
Vibeke TraubenFashion Center Beauty
Candy WoolardFashion Center Beauty
Barbara KilnessFashion Center Beauty
Hanne GravesenFashion Center Beauty
Valerie Carpenter BernsteinFashion Center Beauty
Victoria BarrettPaddleball Player #1
Judith LedfordPaddleball Player #2
Richard LifschutzHassid
Corine LorainElizabeth's Assistant
Ellen SteinElizabeth's Assistant
Susan FeldonAngela's Friend
Ginger GarrettGirl in Subway
Niki HigginsGirl in Subway
Donna DentonGirl in Subway
Pamela DonnellyGirl in Subway
Christina KelseyGirl Outside Restaurant
Martin ShakarBanker
Carmen BauHooker
Sarah Michelle GellarPhil's Daughter (uncredited)
Jon HaydenWaiter (uncredited)
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