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01/10/1982 Comedy, Drama 1h 32m
66
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The year the dreams came true.

Overview

Fledgling comic Benjy Stone can't believe his luck when his childhood hero, the swashbuckling matinee idol Alan Swann, gets booked to appear on the variety show he writes for. But when Swann arrives, he fails to live up to his silver screen image. Instead, he's a drunken womanizer who suffers from stage fright. Benjy is assigned to look after him before the show, and it's all he can do to keep his former idol from going completely off the rails.

  1. Richard Benjamin

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Peter O'Toole

    Alan Swann

  2. Mark Linn-Baker

    Benjy Stone

  3. Jessica Harper

    K.C. Downing

  4. Joseph Bologna

    King Kaiser

  5. Bill Macy

    Sy Benson

  6. Lainie Kazan

    Belle Carroca

  7. Anne DeSalvo

    Alice Miller

  8. Basil Hoffman

    Herb Lee

  9. Lou Jacobi

    Uncle Morty

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Full Cast & Crew

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$7,900,000.00

Revenue
$20,123,620.00

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