Nick Nolte Hangs Tough

September, 1979

It's One-Fifteen," the man in the green-corduroy jacket said. "He was supposed to be here at one. My appointment was for one o'clock."The man said this to a middle-aged woman who was sitting at a desk on the other side of the plushly decorated reception room. The woman was sitting so that she faced away from the man, and she answered him without bothering to turn."The production office said he was on his way over here now," she said. "I'm sure he won't be long. Why...