Plot
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.
Cast
Peter O'Toole
Alan Swann
Mark Linn-Baker
Benjy Stone
Jessica Harper
K.C. Downing
Joseph Bologna
King Kaiser
Bill Macy
Sy Benson
Lainie Kazan
Belle Carroca
Anne DeSalvo
Alice Miller
Basil Hoffman
Herb Lee
Lou Jacobi
Uncle Morty
Adolph Green
Leo Silver
Tony DiBenedetto
Alfie Bumbacelli
George Wyner
Myron Fein
Crew
Norman Steinberg
Screenplay
Ralph Burns
Original Music Composer
Richard Benjamin
Director
Dennis Palumbo
Screenplay
Gerald Hirschfeld
Director of Photography
Joel Chernoff
Producer
Michael Gruskoff
Producer
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