My Favorite Year (1982)

6.6/10 • 92 min • Comedy Drama

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.

Cast

Peter O'Toole

Mark Linn-Baker

Jessica Harper

Joseph Bologna

Bill Macy

Lainie Kazan

Anne DeSalvo

Basil Hoffman

Lou Jacobi

Adolph Green

Tony DiBenedetto

Alfie Bumbacelli

George Wyner

Selma Diamond

Cameron Mitchell

Jenny Neumann

Corinne Bohrer

Amanda Horan Kennedy

John Welsh

Richard Brestoff

Stage Manager / Featured Player

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