Audiences in Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York, where George C. Scott starred,
applauded the comedy and the drama of
Wrong Turn at Lungfish
, the story of a blind
and bitter college professor and his encounter with a saucy, streetwise young woman
who volunteers to read to him in the hospital. The clash of intellect and wit takes the two
from animosity and fear to friendship and understanding. Both come to their
relationship with questions, hers dealing with her station in life and her handsome
boyfriend, and his about past life choices. Both leave with hopeful answers, even after
the boyfriend shows up.