Tell Me a Riddle (1980)

Original posterTell Me a Riddle is a 1980 American drama film directed by Lee Grant. The screenplay by Joyce Eliason and Alev Lytle is based on Tillie Olsen's collection of four short stories of the same name which won the 1961 O. Henry Award. This is Grant's first film as director. Two more such films would follow: Down and Out in America and Staying Together.

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