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INTERVIEW

Hands Across America:
Dudley Moore

working on various short films with

you do’ manner. “The first big interview

Hauer, including a documentary so

we had was with Dennis Hopper, who was

such as Chevy Chase (“Always likes much

controversial that two of the people lined

mad as a hatter.”

younger woman, very high heels, very

up to contribute disappeared without

about people.”
At Goldberg’s home, Bill met legends

But after nine years, a couple of screen

short skirts and very large boobs. Fatal

trace. “But I never really got sucked into

plays that came to nothing and his

pattern!”), as well as Robin Williams,

anything concrete.” His work with Hauer

increasingly rocky relationship with his

Dudley Moore and Robert Palmer. “That

had led t o a fair amount of travel, and

American wife, Bill decided it was time

led to me being a final link in the Hands

Bill began writing travel articles. “And

to go. He filed for divorce and left the

Across America chain with them.”

then I ended up becoming Travel Editor

States.

for a Hollywood publication called Venice

Next time: Spy secrets published: feelers

Magazine,” he says, in that sort of ‘like

go out for Children’s Film Festival

The next few years in LA saw
Bill marrying an American, and

Spy story: Desmond Bristow
with Bill

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