The Wool Cap

Overview

This film, originally made for tv, stars William H. Macy as a mute superintendent of a apartment building that is falling apart who becomes the unwilling guardian to a young girl with a bit of an attitude. The film is an updated and Americanized version of the 1962 feature film Gigot starring Jackie Gleason, who also wrote the original story.

Cast

William H. Macy

Gigot

Ned Beatty

Gigot's Father

Don Rickles

Ira

Keke Palmer

Lou

Cherise Boothe

Arleen

Catherine O'Hara

Gloria

Lucinda Davis

Jamal's Sister

Isabelle Champeau

Flight attendant