---
title: 'Tell Me a Riddle (1980)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Lee Grant'
released: '1980-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 90
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/tell-me-a-riddle-1980'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081611/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Tell Me a Riddle (1980)

1980 · 90 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

Tell Me a Riddle is a 1980 American drama film directed by actress Lee Grant. The screenplay by Joyce Eliason and Alev Lytle is based on the 1961 O. Henry Award novella from Tillie Olsen's collection of short stories of the same name. Tell Me a Riddle was Grant's first film as director. Grant and Eliason would later collaborate on David Lynch's Mulholland Drive.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Lee Grant](https://cinepixo.com/people/lee-grant)

## Cast

- [Zalman King](https://cinepixo.com/people/zalman-king)
- [Melvyn Douglas](https://cinepixo.com/people/melvyn-douglas)
- [Peter Coyote](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-coyote)
- [Brooke Adams](https://cinepixo.com/people/brooke-adams)
- [Lila Kedrova](https://cinepixo.com/people/lila-kedrova)

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