Where's Poppa? [SEP] cast member
Where's Poppa?
Where's Poppa? is a 1970 black comedy film; it is based on the novel by Robert Klane and stars George Segal, Ron Leibman and Ruth Gordon. The plot revolves around the troubled relationship between a lawyer (Segal) and his senile mother (Gordon). The film was directed by Carl Reiner, whose son Rob Reiner had a role in an early performance. Others in the cast are Paul Sorvino, Trish Van Devere, Vincent Gardenia and future "Saturday Night Live" star Garrett
on a wide range of films and television programs. Films from his early directing career include "Where's Poppa?" (1970), "Oh, God!" (1977), and "The Jerk" (1979).
In one of his memoirs, he writes, "Of all the films I have directed, only "Where's Poppa?" is universally acknowledged as a cult classic. A cult classic, as you may know, is a film that was seen by a small minority of