Instant Karma (film)
# Instant Karma (film)

Instant Karma is a 1990 romantic drama film directed by Roderick Taylor. The film stars as Craig Sheffer as Zane, a TV producer looking for romance.

## Plot

Zane (Craig Sheffer) is writer-producer of the TV show "Rock & Roll P.I." Although a successful young man, he is lonely and having a particularly bad week. He has a confrontation with the show's temperamental star, Reno (David Cassidy), on the set of the show. Zane and his co-writer David (Glenn Hirsch) are pitching a script to producer Jon Clark (Marty Ingels). By the end of the meeting, Jon says he loves the story, but wants to change the script completely. Zane's accountant tells him that the Internal Revenue Service is planning to perform an audit of his investments. Zane also has an encounter with an actress, Penelope (Chelsea Noble).

Zane begins dating Penelope and things go smoothly. Then one afternoon while on the set, Reno gives Zane drugs, claiming that they are harmless pills which will relax him. Later that evening, Zane takes them while on a date with Penelope and begins acting strange. Zane wakes up the next morning to discover that the pills were hallucinogens and that he only imagined most of the evening's events. He immediately calls Penelope's place, and a man answers the phone. Jumping to conclusions, Zane goes to see Penelope and becomes upset. Back at his accountant's office later that day, Zane is told he owes half a million dollars in back taxes. He is also informed that Reno has been arrested for drug abuse and that the show is being cancelled. On his way home, Zane is in a near-fatal car accident. Accompanied by his faithful basset hound Wolfgang, he walks all the way to Penelope's home and declares his love for her.

## Cast

* Craig Sheffer as Zane Smith
* Chelsea Noble as Penelope Powell
* David Cassidy as Reno
* Glenn Hirsch as David
* Orson Bean as Dr. Berlin
* James Gallery as Jerry
* Alan Blumenfeld as Oscar Meyer
* William Smith as William "Pop" Dean
* Doug Steindorff as Stoned Husband
* Gail Villegas as Dancer
* Amy Lee Waddell as Julie
* Kristina Wotkyns as Cindy
* John Lacy as Lucius
* Rebekka Armstrong as Jamie
* Dan Lee Clark as Steve Elias
* Gary Burden as Jesus Man
* Brigitte Burdine as Dancer
* Sarah Buxton as Cathy
* Keri Jo Chapman as Dancer
* Gino Conforti as The Director
* Catherine M. Cummings as Shakra Zula
* Blackie Dammett as Ed Polisky
* Rick Diamond as 1st A.D.
* Steve Fuji as Boom Man
* Marty Ingels as Jon Clark
* Richard Le Pore as John Radcliff
* Sandy Newlands as Dancer
* Tiffanie Poston as Laura
* Ashley Quaine as Janet
* Larry B. Scott as Clapper Boy
* Annette Sinclair as Amy
