Thirty-something George Roundy is a Beverly Hills hairdresser, who spends as much time sleeping with his female clients as he does doing their hair. Whether they want to admit it, all the women in his life are on the most part aware that they are are not the only one with whom he is sleeping. And some, such as the wealthy and married Felicia Karpf, have a stronger emotional dependence on George than they would like to admit. George's current girlfriend is Jill, an up and coming actress. Jill's best friend is Jackie Shawn, one of George's old girlfriends who left him because he couldn't make a true commitment to her. In turn, Jackie is currently having an affair with Lester Karpf, Felicia's wealthy businessman husband. George is unhappy working at a salon owned by Norman, with whom he is constantly butting heads. In his first act of wanting finally to be a grown up, George wants to open his own salon, but doesn't have the financial resources to do it, and no bank will lend him money for the venture. Felicia at least convinces Lester to consider investing in George. On Monday, November 4, 1968, the eve of the presidential election, this group spends the evening together, first at a dinner party hosted by Lester, and then another private party. Lester asks his potential new business partner, George, to accompany his mistress Jackie, not knowing that George and Jackie know each other. Jill, who is invited to the party by Jackie, invites director Johnny Pope as her date, he who is considering her for a role in his next movie filming in Egypt and perhaps more. Over the course of the evening, George may come to the realization of what he wants in life both professionally and personally, but achieving happiness will depend upon others in his life, they who have known George up to this time only as an uncommitted narcissist.
Warren Beatty | George Roundy |
Julie Christie | Jackie Shawn |
Goldie Hawn | Jill |
Lee Grant | Felicia Karpf |
Jack Warden | Lester Karpf |
Tony Bill | Johnny Pope |
George Furth | Mr. Pettis |
Jay Robinson | Norman |
Ann Weldon | Mary |
Luana Anders | Devra |
Randy Scheer | Dennis |
Susanna Moore | Gloria |
Carrie Fisher | Lorna Carp |
Mike Olton | Ricci |
Richard E. Kalk | Detective Younger |
László Kovács | Cinematographer |
Ronald Dunas | Nate |
Hal Buckley | Kenneth |
Robert C. Jones | Editor |
Jack Bernardi | Izzy |
William Castle | Sid Roth |
Jaye P. Morgan | |
Michelle Philips | |
Brad Dexter | Senator Joe East |
Doris Packer | Rosalind |
Faye Michael Nuell | Norma |
Howard Hesseman | Red Dog |
Cherie Latimer | Girl in Car |
George Justin | Producer |
Lesley Evans | Secretary |
Brunetta Barnett | Mona |
Joan Marshall | Mrs. Schumann |
Kathleen Miller | Anjanette |
Janice Baker | Model #1 |
April Ross | Model #2 |
Paula Warner | Model #3 |
Luis Delgado | Waiter at Bistro |
Dina Ousley | Hairdresser |
Mack Eden | Hairdresser |
Daryl Keith Roach | Boy at Party (as Daryl Roach) |
Melinda Smith | Twin #1 |
Constance Smith | Twin #2 |
Sean Walsh | Boy with Twins |
Gary Marsh | Boy #1 |
Andrew Stevens | Boy #2 Wearing Towel |
Colleen Brennan | Painted Lady (as Sharon Kelly) |
Larry Bischof | Guest |
Don Ames | Guest |
Wally Crowder | Malone's Delivery Boy |
Cynthia Wood | Beauty Shop Customer |
Jimmie Cannon | Beauty Shop Customer |
Jamie Cannon | Beauty Shop Customer |
Susan McIver | Beauty Shop Customer |
Susie Ewing | Beauty Shop Customer |
Kimberly McGowen | Beauty Shop Customer |
Gail Landry | Beauty Shop Customer |
Annalee Coyle | Beauty Shop Customer |
Spiro Agnew | Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) |
Jack Berle | Party Guest |
Susan Blakely | Girl on Street (uncredited) |
David Brinkley | Himself (uncredited) (archive footage) |
Howard Culver | Newscaster (uncredited) |
Chet Huntley | Himself (uncredited) (archive footage) |
Walter Cronkite | Walter Cronkite |
Richard Nixon | Himself (uncredited) (archive footage) |
Michelle Phillips | Girl at Party (uncredited) |
Bob Harks | Chauffer |
Arthur Tovey | White-Haired Man at Party (uncredited) |
Robert Hitchcock | Party Guest |
George Holmes | Party Guest |
Robert Towne | Party Guest (uncredited) |
Marlene Kisker | Party Guest |
Tom McDonough | Party Guest |
Robert Glass | Sound Department |
Richard Monahan | Waiter |
Robert Knudson | Sound Department |
Tom Overton | Sound Department |
Dan Wallin | Sound Department |
Tony Regan | Party Guest |
Frank E. Warner | Sound Department |
Greg Rhinelander | Party Guest |
Paul Simon | Composer |
Richard Sylbert | Production Designer |
Arnold Roberts | Party Guest |
Hank Robinson | Party Guest |
W. Stewart Campbell | Art Director |
Clark Ross | Party Guest |
George Gaines | Set Decorator |
Norman Stevans | Party Guest |
Anthea Sylbert | Custome Designer |
Kathryn Blondell | hair stylist |
Robert Strong | Party Guest |
E. Thomas Case | Makeup Artist |
Jan Van Uchelen | hair stylist |
Art Levinson | first assistant director |
Ron Wright | second assistant director |
Alan Levine | property master |
Bill Parks | construction coordinator |