In the seedy part of Los Angeles, a man who writes poetry has spent six months without leaving his apartment because of his paranoid delusions involving sadistic doctors, rappers, and spiders. A woman who seems to jinx things by wanting to help is dumped by her boyfriend and finds herself penniless on the streets, and soon runs afoul of a local gang. Due to a telephone glitch, the man calls her at a phone booth trying to dial a "talk line" and invites her to his place. There they must help each other to overcome their respective problems.
Hank Stone
Nancy
Ray
Comet
Presto
Joker
Billboard Woman
Mr. Jackson
Mailwoman
Mrs. Rabinowitz
Mrs. Ramiriz
Desk Clerk
Rapper #1
Rapper #2
Rapper #3
Drunk
Ticket Seller
Edgar Allen Poe
Blonde
Hank’s Mom
Uncle Al (voice)
Passerby (uncredited)
Lips of Mikhail Gorbachev on Tempo Magazine Cover (uncredited)
Garbage Truck Driver (uncredited)
Mad Doctor (uncredited)
Mad Doctor (uncredited)
Street Dog
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