Up Your Alley (film)

Up Your Alley
Up Your Alley
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Bob Logan
Written by	Murray Langston ; Bob Logan
Produced by	Murray Langston
Starring	Murray Langston; Linda Blair
Cinematography	Mark Melville
Edited by	Tom Siiter
Music by	Paul Ventimiglia
Release date	1989;
Country	United States

Last updated December 30, 2025

Up Your Alley is a 1989 romantic comedy film directed by Bob Logan and starring Linda Blair.^[1]^[2] The screenplay was by Logan and Murray Langston (better known as the Unknown Comic), who also co-stars.

Premise

While pursuing a story on homelessness, an undercover reporter (Blair) finds romance with a transient (Langston).^[3]

Cast

Linda Blair as Vickie Adderly
Murray Langston as David
Ruth Buzzi as Marilyn
Bob Zany as Sonny Griffin
Jesus "Jose" Escamilla as Rudy

Release

The film was released in the United States on April 1, 1989 and secured a VHS release on August 10, 1989.^[4]

References

↑ "Up Your Alley Probably Isn't". The Miami Herald . Apr 21, 1989.
↑ Langman, Larry (1998). The Media in the Movies: A Catalog of American Journalism Films, 1900–1996. McFarland & Co. p. 275. ISBN 0-7864-0433-7.
↑ Min, Eung-Jun (1999). Reading the Homeless: The Media's Image of Homeless Culture. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 168. ISBN 0-275-95950-3.
↑ "Up Your Alley (1989)". TCM. Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved July 9, 2011.

External links

Up Your Alley at IMDb

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[1] "Up Your Alley Probably Isn't". The Miami Herald . Apr 21, 1989.

[2] Langman, Larry (1998). The Media in the Movies: A Catalog of American Journalism Films, 1900–1996. McFarland & Co. p. 275. ISBN 0-7864-0433-7.

[3] Min, Eung-Jun (1999). Reading the Homeless: The Media's Image of Homeless Culture. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 168. ISBN 0-275-95950-3.

[4] "Up Your Alley (1989)". TCM. Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved July 9, 2011.

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