The Childhood Friend (1994)
40-year-old Arnold Gardner is put in charge of the talk show "The Twenty-fifth Hour" after the death of the former host Duncan Mackay. His role on screen creates immediate interest and the program becomes a great success with TV audiences. This proves to be a period of great satisfaction for Arnold, but his childhood friend, Eddie Greenberg, suddenly comes on the scene. Eddie is ill and frustrated by lack of success, and is so resentful and envious of Arnold's fame that he wants him to make a full public confession of a "sin" he committed in his young days.
Director: Pupi Avati
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Joe Ryan as Ted Gardner |
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Jason Robards III as Arnold Gardner |
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Amy Galper as Norma |
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Robert Swan as Sortino |
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Wanja Mary Sellers as Jenny Cohen |
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Carolyn Spence as Mirna |
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Mary Mulligan as Inge |
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Lee Sellars as Randy |
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Jim Mullins as Myers |
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Steve King as Owen |
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Dave Kappas as |
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Gary Houston as Ross |
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Richard Grubbs as Dale |
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Jim Ortlieb as Eddie 'Chuck' Greenberg |
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Anthony Raymond Olson as Mike |
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Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni as Sandy |
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Troy Alan Palmer as Boom |
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Tom George as Reporter |
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Abraham Skaff as Richard Gardner |
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Tom Walljasper as Clive |
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Tiziano Sossi as Policeman (uncredited) |
| Camera | Cesare Bastelli | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Pupi Avati | Director |
| Production | Thomas Beall | Production Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Giancarlo De Leonardis | Key Hair Stylist |
| Production | Antonio Avati | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sissi Parravicini | Costume Designer |
| Sound | Stefano Caprioli | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Francesco Guerrieri | Production Manager |
| Production | John Douglas Miller | Production Director |
| Production | Robert Bernacchi | Production Manager |
| Writing | Pupi Avati | Writer |
| Production | Aurelio De Laurentiis | Producer |
| Editing | Amedeo Salfa | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maurizio Fazzini | Key Makeup Artist |
| Production | Angela Ricci | Production Supervisor |
| Sound | Jeff Carney | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Raffaele De Luca | Sound |
| Production | Silvia Purificato | Production Secretary |
| Camera | Giorgio Protti | Grip |
| Production | Tommaso Avati | Production Assistant |
| Sound | Francesco Russo | Boom Operator |
| Directing | Mariantonia Avati | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | Tullio Arcangeli | Sound Effects Editor |
| Directing | Alberto Lonardi | Assistant Director |
| Lighting | Antonio Lucrezio | Electrician |
| Sound | Chat Gunter | Sound Mixer |
| Production | Christian Lohf | Production Assistant |
| Lighting | Giorgio De Marchis | Electrician |
| Camera | Roberto De Nigris | Assistant Camera |
| Production | Tom Walljasper | Casting Assistant |
| Editing | Paola Tomassi | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Alberto Doni | Sound Mixer |
| Camera | Aldo Ricci | Key Grip |
| Camera | Giovanni Ragone | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Roger Sutton | Grip |
| Editing | Piera Gabutti | Assistant Editor |
| Lighting | Dick Heuer | Electrician |