In the comedy thriller "American Dreamer" (1984), JoBeth Williams' neglected American housewife enjoys escaping into a series of mystery novels. When she wins a trip to Paris and loses her memory, Williams assumes the identity of a fictional female gumshoe and becomes drawn into a world of glamour and cloak-and-dagger intrigue. Tom Conti serves as Williams' reluctant crime-solving partner, while Giancarlo Gianinni plays a bumbling French politician who may not be all that he seems.
