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.| Status: | Released (1982-10-01) |
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| Awards: | Nominated for 1 Oscar. 2 wins & 8 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $20,123,620 |
| Screen: | Norman Steinberg, Dennis Palumbo |
| Productions: | Brooksfilms, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 11390: Peter O'Toole - Alan Swann
- 95975: Mark Linn-Baker - Benjy Stone
- 69055: Jessica Harper - K.C. Downing
- 46946: Joseph Bologna - King Kaiser
- 17695: Bill Macy - Sy Benson
- 53647: Lainie Kazan - Belle Carroca
- 49422: Anne DeSalvo - Alice Miller
Crews
- 111907: Norman Steinberg - Screenplay - Writing
- 8425: Richard Chew - Editor - Editing
- 69343: Ralph Burns - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 6847: Gerald Hirschfeld - Director of Photography - Camera
- 24318: Richard Benjamin - Director - Directing
- 138107: Dennis Palumbo - Screenplay - Writing
- 138107: Dennis Palumbo - Story - Writing
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