Released:
1984-10-01

Overview:
Overnight Sensation is a 1984 short film directed by Jon Bloom, based loosely on W. Somerset Maugham's short story "The Colonel's Lady." After housewife Eve Peregrine writes a sudden hit novel, her husband George, a successful fashion photographer, finds it difficult to deal with the attention being showered on her. His difficulty in getting through the book increases when he begins to suspect that the steamy affair in its plot is drawn from her real life. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.

Director:
Jon Bloom

Runtime:
0h 28min

Genre:

• Cast:
• 
  Louise Fletcher
  as
  Evie Peregrine
• 
  Robert Loggia
  as
  George Peregrine
• 
  Shari Belafonte
  as
  Daphne
• 
  Parley Baer
  as
  Lawyer
• 
  Lee Garlington
  as
  Sales Girl