---
title: 'Play It as It Lays (1972)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Frank Perry'
released: '1972-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 99
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/play-it-as-it-lays-1972'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069098/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Play It as It Lays (1972)

1972 · 99 min · Drama, Comedy · United States


## Synopsis

Play It as It Lays is a 1972 American drama film directed by Frank Perry from a screenplay by Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne, based on the 1970 novel of the same name by Didion. The film stars Tuesday Weld and Anthony Perkins, who previously starred together in the 1968 film Pretty Poison.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Frank Perry](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-perry)
- **Screenplay:** [Joan Didion](https://cinepixo.com/people/joan-didion)
- **Producer:** [Dominick Dunne](https://cinepixo.com/people/dominick-dunne)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jordan Cronenweth](https://cinepixo.com/people/jordan-cronenweth)
- **Editor:** [Sidney Katz](https://cinepixo.com/people/sidney-katz)

## Cast

- [Darlene Conley](https://cinepixo.com/people/darlene-conley)
- [Tyne Daly](https://cinepixo.com/people/tyne-daly)
- [Ruth Ford](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruth-ford)
- [Tammy Grimes](https://cinepixo.com/people/tammy-grimes)
- [Anthony Perkins](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-perkins)
- [Eddie Firestone](https://cinepixo.com/people/eddie-firestone)
- [Chuck McCann](https://cinepixo.com/people/chuck-mccann)
- [Adam Roarke](https://cinepixo.com/people/adam-roarke)
- [Severn Darden](https://cinepixo.com/people/severn-darden)
- [Norman Foster](https://cinepixo.com/people/norman-foster)
- [Richard Anderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-anderson)
- [Tuesday Weld](https://cinepixo.com/people/tuesday-weld)

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