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The year the dreams came true.
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.
$7,900,000
$20,123,620
October 1, 1982
Brooksfilms, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
58 people
Peter O'Toole
Alan Swann
Acting
Mark Linn-Baker
Benjy Stone
Acting
Jessica Harper
K.C. Downing
Acting
Joseph Bologna
King Kaiser
Acting
Bill Macy
Sy Benson
Acting
Lainie Kazan
Belle Carroca
Acting
Anne DeSalvo
Alice Miller
Acting
Basil Hoffman
Herb Lee
Acting
Lou Jacobi
Uncle Morty
Acting
Adolph Green
Leo Silver
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Tony DiBenedetto
Alfie Bumbacelli
Acting
George Wyner
Myron Fein
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