Tell Me a Riddle (film)

Tell Me a Riddle
Directed byLee Grant
Written byJoyce Eliason
Alev Lytle
Produced byMindy Affrime
Rachel Lyon
Susan O'Connell
Starring
CinematographyFred Murphy
Edited bySuzanne Pettit
Music byShalom Sherman
Sheldon Shkolnik
Distributed byHope Runs High Filmways Pictures
Release date
  • December 15, 1980 (1980-12-15)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Tell Me a Riddle is a 1980 American drama film directed by actress Lee Grant. The screenplay by Joyce Eliason and Alev Lytle is based on the 1961 O. Henry Award novella from Tillie Olsen's collection of short stories of the same name. Tell Me a Riddle was Grant's first film as director. Grant and Eliason would later collaborate on David Lynch's Mulholland Drive.