Walter and Anna now need a place of their own. Through an unscrupulous real estate agent friend, Walter learns about a million dollar distress sale mansion. He and Anna meet the owner, Estelle (Maureen Stapleton), who claims she must sell the house quickly because her husband has been arrested by the Israelis, having been accused of being Adolf Hitler's pool boy. Her sob story and insistence of keeping the place in candlelight in order to save money “for the goddamn, bloodsucking lawyers” distracts Walter and enchants Anna, who finds it “romantic”. Walter and Anna decide to buy the house, but Anna insists on putting up half of the money needed for the repairs. She turns to Max for her half of the money by selling him back what she got in their divorce.
Actor Role
Tom Hanks Walter Fielding, Jr.
Shelley Long Anna Crowley Beissart / Anna Fielding