Each night in Paris, hundreds of men and women anonymously use telephone lines that date from the German Occupation and are no longer listed to talk to each other, to love each other. These people, shipwrecked lovers, are dying to love, to escape the abyss of solitude.

In this romantic comedy, Burt Reynolds plays Phil Potter, a low-key, contented magazine writer who tries to put his life back together after his wife (Candice Bergen) opts for independence as a singer-songwriter. Jill Clayburgh, a wacky nursery school teacher, tries to help him surmount the emotional hurdles, but it's rough going in this delightful contemporary tale-- he's still hung up on his ex-wife. Nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Jill Clayburgh) and Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Candice Bergen) at the **Academy Awards**. Nominated for Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical (Jill Clayburgh), Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical (Burt Reynolds), and Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Motion Picture (Candice Bergen) at the **Golden Globes**.

Reese (Donald Sutherland) is planning to rob a bank but while there one day, working out the details, his photo is taken by a professional photographer, Stacey (Brooke Adams). Reese falls in love with her while at the same time his partner, Norman, is having marriage problems. The two robbers then learn that the bank is planning to use Reese's picture in an advertising campaign. Against all odds, the two men successfully rob the bank of over four million dollars. Now all they have to do is sort out their love lives...