My Favorite Year (1982)
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.
Director:
Richard Benjamin
Writers:
Norman Steinberg, Dennis Palumbo.
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Peter O'Toole as Alan Swann |
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Mark Linn-Baker as Benjy Stone |
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Jessica Harper as K.C. Downing |
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Joseph Bologna as King Kaiser |
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Bill Macy as Sy Benson |
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Lainie Kazan as Belle Carroca |
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Anne DeSalvo as Alice Miller |
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Basil Hoffman as Herb Lee |
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Lou Jacobi as Uncle Morty |
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Adolph Green as Leo Silver |
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Tony DiBenedetto as Alfie Bumbacelli |
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George Wyner as Myron Fein |
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Selma Diamond as Lil |
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Cameron Mitchell as Karl Rojeck |
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Jenny Neumann as Connie |
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Corinne Bohrer as Bonnie |
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George Marshall Ruge as Lord Drummond / Featured Player |
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Amanda Horan Kennedy as Lady Eleanor |
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John Welsh as Cubby Brown |
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Richard Brestoff as Stage Manager / Featured Player |
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Jed Mills as Member #1 / Featured Player |
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Ted Grossman as Harris / Featured Player |
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Teresa Ganzel as Dumpling / Featured Player |
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Philip Bruns as Fed. Marshal Holt / Featured Player |
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Archie Hahn as Delivery Boy / Featured Player |
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Karen Haber as Vivian / Featured Player |
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Priscilla Kovary as Priscilla |
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Eleanor C. Heutschy as Gossip Columnist |
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Peter Eastman as Maitre D' |
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Fox Harris as Curt / Featured Player |
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Rieneke as Andrea |
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Howard George as Artie / Featured Player |
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Robert Windsor as Alvin Horn / Featured Player |
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Gloria Stuart as Mrs. Horn |
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Clyde McLeod as Club Dancer |
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Harry Bill Roberts as Orchestra Leader |
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Ramon Sison as Rookie Carroca / Featured Player |
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Annette Robyns as Sadie |
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Pearl Shear as Mrs. Kessler |
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Stanley Brock as Mr. Berkowitz |
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Martin Garner as Mr. Cantor |
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John Medici as Scalfoni |
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Robert G. Denison as Stockbroker #1 / Featured Player |
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John Christy Ewing as Stockbroker #2 / Featured Player |
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Vincent Sardi Jr. as Policeman |
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Cady McClain as Tess |
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Norman Steinberg as Sandy |
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Richard Warwick as Technical Director |
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Rex Benson as Makeup Man |
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Denver Mattson as Thug #1 |
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George Fisher as Thug #2 |
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Bob Terhune as Thug #3 |
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Nick Dimitri as Thug #4 |
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Phil Adams as Stagehand #1 |
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Richard E. Butler as Stagehand #2 |
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Vince Brocato as Walla Walla (voice) |
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Lana Clarkson as Girl in Old Gold Cigarette Pack |
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David Armstrong as Club Patron |
| Directing | Richard Benjamin | Director |
| Writing | Norman Steinberg | Screenplay |
| Writing | Dennis Palumbo | Screenplay |
| Writing | Dennis Palumbo | Story |
| Sound | Ralph Burns | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Gerald Hirschfeld | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Richard Chew | Editor |
| Production | Ellen Chenoweth | Casting |
| Production | Lois Planco | Casting |
| Production | Art Levinson | Unit Production Manager |
| Directing | William S. Beasley | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Duncan Henderson | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Marie Kenney | Script Supervisor |
| Art | Kandy Stern | Set Designer |
| Art | Gregory Pickrell | Set Designer |
| Camera | Richard Edesa | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Marc Hirschfeld | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Donald E. Thorin Jr. | Second Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Jerry Jost | Production Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Bill Varney | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Steve Maslow | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Gregg Landaker | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Robert Grieve | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | J.H. Arrufat | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | David B. Cohn | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Mia Goldman | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Editing | Howard Heard | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Jeff Carson | Music Editor |
| Art | Sal Sommatino | Property Master |
| Sound | Harry V. Lojewski | Music Supervisor |
| Lighting | Lou Tobin | Gaffer |
| Art | Mentor Huebner | Production Illustrator |
| Art | Arthur Gelb | Graphic Designer |
| Art | Michael J. Smith | Construction Coordinator |
| Crew | Victor Paul | Stunt Coordinator |
| Camera | Len Hekel | Still Photographer |
| Editing | Brian Ralph | Negative Cutter |
| Production | Joel Chernoff | Producer |
| Art | Charles Rosen | Production Design |
| Art | Donald J. Remacle | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | May Routh | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ruby Ford | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Carol A. O'Connell | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Daniel C. Striepeke | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Duncan McEwan | Sound |
| Production | Michael Gruskoff | Producer |
| Production | Art Levinson | Associate Producer |
| Crew | Norman Howell | Stunts |
