
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.
Details
- Director
- Richard Benjamin
- Writer
- Dennis Palumbo
- Original Language
- English
- Budget
- $7,900,000
Cast
Adolph Green
Anne DeSalvo
Basil Hoffman
Bill Macy
Jessica Harper
Joseph Bologna
Lainie Kazan
Lou Jacobi
Mark Linn-Baker
Peter O'Toole
Keywords
1950s
acting
alcoholism
live television
new york city
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