Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989)

5.7/10 93 min Drama Comedy Romance

Overview

This musical is based on four short stories by Damon Runyon. In one tale, gambler Feet Samuels sells his body to science just as he realizes that Hortense loves him and that he would rather live than die. In another story, Harriet's parrot is killed, and she has problems dealing with her loss. Then, there is a gambler, "Regret", who has bloodhounds on his trail when he becomes a murder suspect. Finally, "The Brain" is bleeding profusely, and his friends search for a way to save his life through a blood transfusion.

Cast

Matt Dillon

Regret

Jennifer Grey

Lovey Lou

Julie Hagerty

Harriet MacKyle

Rutger Hauer

The Brain

Madonna

Hortense Hathaway

Esai Morales

Handsome Jack

Anita Morris

Miss Missouri Martin

Randy Quaid

Feet Samuels

Josef Sommer

Waldo Winchester

Alan Ruck

John Wangle

Dinah Manoff

Maud Milligan

Ethan Phillips

Basil Valentine

Stephen McHattie

Red Henry

Tony Longo

Crunch Sweeney

Fisher Stevens

Hotfoot Harry

Richard Edson

Johnny Crackow

Tony Azito

Waiter

David Youse

Busboy

Louis Zorich

Mindy

Howard Brookner

Daffy Jack

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