The Lonely Guy (1984) on Netflix
Larry Hubbard writes greeting cards until he finds his girlfriend Danielle in bed with another man. Left on his own, he befriends Warren Evans, a fellow lonely guy.
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Plot summary
Larry Hubbard writes greeting cards for a company. He comes home to find his girlfriend Danielle in bed with another man, and he starts over alone. He cannot bear being on his own, and he befriends Warren Evans, a fellow lonely guy who is considering suicide. Larry goes through a stretch of terrible luck with women until he meets Iris. She gives him her number, and one mishap after another loses it.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Lonely Guy (1984)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The restaurant scene was meant to feature a waiter with a chainsaw who would saw a table for two in half, but someone forgot to bring the chainsaw to the shoot.
- The scene of Steve Martin running across the 59th Street Bridge to Queens was shot on location, and Martin, a runner in real life, made the run himself.
