Overnight Sensation

The story

Overnight Sensation is a 1984 short film directed by Jon Bloom, based loosely on W. Somerset Maugham's short story "The Colonel's Lady." After housewife Eve Peregrine writes a sudden hit novel, her husband George, a successful fashion photographer, finds it difficult to deal with the attention being showered on her. His difficulty in getting through the book increases when he begins to suspect that the steamy affair in its plot is drawn from her real life. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.

Cast & crew

Louise FletcherEvie Peregrine

Robert LoggiaGeorge Peregrine

Shari BelafonteDaphne

Parley BaerLawyer

Lee GarlingtonSales Girl

Vincent GuastaferroAssistant

Ed Bakey

Ed BakeyWino

Kirk ScottPublisher

Marcelo TubertBartender

Mary WoronovWoman at Party

Joanne Dusseau

Joanne DusseauWoman at Party

Eric PoppickCritic