| Tim Robbins | Norville Barnes |
| Jennifer Jason Leigh | Amy Archer |
| Paul Newman | Sidney J. Mussburger |
| Charles Durning | Waring Hudsucker |
| John Mahoney | Chief Editor Manhattan Argus |
| Jim True | Buzz the Elevator Operator |
| William Cobbs | Moses the Clock Man |
| Bruce Campbell | Smitty, Argus Reporter |
| Joe Grifasi | Lou the Cabbie |
| John Seitz | Bennie the Cabbie |
| Steve Buscemi | Beatnik Barman at Ann's 440 |
| Peter Gallagher | Vic Tenetta, Party Singer |
| Richard Whiting | Ancient Puzzler |
A scheming executive promotes a mailroom worker to company president in 1950s Manhattan.
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