The Princess and the Cabbie
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Director Glenn Jordan Music director Patrick Williams Writer Edward Pomerantz Language English | 7.2/10 IMDb Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance Duration Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Release date November 3, 1981 (1981-11-03) Nominations Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited Series or Movie Awards Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie or a Special (Original Dramatic Score) Cast Valerie Bertinelli (Joanna James), Robert Desiderio (Joe Holiday), Cynthia Harris (Barbara Cunningham), Peter Donat (Edward James), Shelley Long (Carol), Ellen Geer (Nellie)Similar movies Related Glenn Jordan movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Princess and the Cabbie is a 1981 television movie aired on CBS on 3 November 1981 about a young woman who struggles with dyslexia.
The film stars Valerie Bertinelli as Joanna James, an heiress who is sheltered from the real world. One day she meets literary cab driver, Joe Holiday (Robert Desiderio), who references Shakespeare, T. S. Eliot, James Joyce, William Carlos Williams, Albert Einstein, Gustave Flaubert and Agatha Christie. Also starring is Shelley Long. After leaving her book in his cab, Holiday gets to know her and discovers Joanna's secret: she can't read, write, or even remember telephone numbers or directions home. Determining that she is dyslexic, Holiday begins to help her gain independence.
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