''O'Hara's Wife'' is a 1982 American comedy-drama film directed by William Bartman and starring Edward Asner, Mariette Hartley and

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. It is Bartman's sole directorial effort.

Plot

Bob O'Hara is a hard-working lawyer, who tends to focus on his career at the expense of his health and children, Barbara and Rob. After his wife Harry dies, she returns as a

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, advising him to slow down and adjust his priorities.

Cast

* Edward Asner as Bob O'Hara * Mariette Hartley as Harry O'Hara *

as Barbara O'Hara * Perry Lang as Rob O'Hara * Tom Bosley as Fred O'Hara * Ray Walston as Walter Tatum * Allen Williams as Billy Tatum * Mary Jo Catlett as Gloria * Nelson Welch as Nelson Attleby * Richard Schaal as Jerry Brad * Nehemiah Persoff as Doctor Fischer * Kelly Bishop as Beth Douglas * Erik Kilpatrick as a police officer * Frank Ronzio as Angelo * Juanita Moore as Ethel * Howard Mann as a moving man * Tony Ballen as an assistant moving man * Dean Santoro as an appraiser * Barney Phillips as a small wino * Fred Scheiwiller as a large wino

References

External links

* 1982 films 1982 comedy-drama films 1982 directorial debut films 1980s English-language films 1980s fantasy comedy-drama films American fantasy comedy-drama films American ghost films 1980s American films English-language fantasy comedy-drama films {{1980s-US-film-stub