THE SEDUCTION OF JOE TYNAN

Alan Alda, Barbara Harris, Meryl Streep

Universal Pictures; Directed by Jerry Schatzberg

Rated R; 107 minutes; 1979

A contemporary and relevant drama about the inner working of the Washington D.C. political carousel. Alan Alda stars as a Kennedy-like senator who must choose between his devotion to family and his determination to go the distance in the nation's Capitol.