Just the Way You Are 40 years old

She turned a plaster cast into a glass slipper and found the courage to be somebody new... Herself

Susan is a professional flautist who has been handicapped since childhood and is forced to wear a leg brace to get around. After breaking up with her boyfriend, she accepts the offer to travel to Europe on a concert tour. While in Paris, she comes up with an idea to disguise her leg by putting it in a cast and travel on her own to the French Alps to be treated without pity. Not looking to find romance, Susan however has become the interest of Peter, a news photographer. They soon fall in love and Susan is forced to decide if she should tell Peter the truth about herself.

Credits

Just the Way You Are Cast

Name Character
Alexandra Paul She was 21, now 61 years old as Bobbie
Tim Daly He was 28, now 68 years old as Frank Bantam (as Timothy Daly)
Lance Guest He was 24, now 64 years old as Jack the Answering Service Guy
Michael Ontkean He was 38, now 78 years old as Peter Nichols
Robert Carradine He was 30, now 70 years old as Sam Carpenter
Kaki Hunter She was 29, now 69 years old as Lisa
Kristy McNichol She was 22, now 62 years old as Susan Berlanger

Just the Way You Are Crew

Name Department
Allan Burns as Writer. He was 49 (now 89) years old Writing
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Just the Way You Are (40 years)

She turned a plaster cast into a glass slipper and found the courage to be somebody new... Herself

  • Release day: Friday, November 16, 1984
  • Runtime: 94 minutes