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
Selma Diamond
Lil
Cameron Mitchell
Karl Rojeck
Jenny Neumann
Connie
Corinne Bohrer
Bonnie
George Marshall Ruge
Lord Drummond / Featured Player
Amanda Horan Kennedy
Lady Eleanor
John Welsh
Cubby Brown
Richard Brestoff
Stage Manager / Featured Player
Jed Mills
Member #1 / Featured Player
Ted Grossman
Harris / Featured Player
Teresa Ganzel
Dumpling / Featured Player
Philip Bruns
Fed. Marshal Holt / Featured Player
Archie Hahn
Delivery Boy / Featured Player
Karen Haber
Vivian / Featured Player
Priscilla Kovary
Priscilla
Eleanor C. Heutschy
Gossip Columnist
Peter Eastman
Maitre D'
Fox Harris
Curt / Featured Player
Rieneke
Andrea
Howard George
Artie / Featured Player
Bob Windsor
Alvin Horn / Featured Player
Gloria Stuart
Mrs. Horn
Clyde McLeod
Club Dancer
Harry Bill Roberts
Orchestra Leader
Ramon Sison
Rookie Carroca / Featured Player
Annette Robyns
Sadie
Pearl Shear
Mrs. Kessler
Stanley Brock
Mr. Berkowitz
Martin Garner
Mr. Cantor
John Medici
Scalfoni
Robert G. Denison
Stockbroker #1 / Featured Player
John Christy Ewing
Stockbroker #2 / Featured Player
Vincent Sardi Jr.
Policeman
Cady McClain
Tess
Norman Steinberg
Sandy
Richard Warwick
Technical Director
Rex Benson
Makeup Man
Denver Mattson
Thug #1
George Fisher
Thug #2
Bob Terhune
Thug #3
Nick Dimitri
Thug #4
Phil Adams
Stagehand #1
Richard E. Butler
Stagehand #2
Vince Brocato
Walla Walla (voice)
Lana Clarkson
Girl in Old Gold Cigarette Pack
David Armstrong
Club Patron
Crew
Richard Benjamin
Director
Norman Steinberg
Screenplay
Dennis Palumbo
Screenplay, Story
Richard Chew
Editor
Howard Heard
Assistant Editor
Gerald Hirschfeld
Director of Photography
William S. Beasley
First Assistant Director
Duncan Henderson
Second Assistant Director
Joel Chernoff
Producer
Michael Gruskoff
Producer
Art Levinson
Associate Producer, Unit Production Manager
Charles Rosen
Production Design
Richard Edesa
Camera Operator
Marc Hirschfeld
First Assistant Camera
Donald E. Thorin Jr.
Second Assistant Camera
Ellen Chenoweth
Casting
Lois Planco
Casting
May Routh
Costume Design
Ruby Ford
Hairstylist
Carol A. O'Connell
Hairstylist
Daniel C. Striepeke
Makeup Artist
J.H. Arrufat
Sound Effects Editor
Robert Grieve
Supervising Sound Editor
Mia Goldman
Assistant Sound Editor
Bill Varney
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Steve Maslow
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Gregg Landaker
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Jerry Jost
Production Sound Mixer
Duncan McEwan
Sound
Ralph Burns
Original Music Composer
Harry V. Lojewski
Music Supervisor
Jeff Carson
Music Editor
David B. Cohn
Dialogue Editor
Donald J. Remacle
Set Decoration
Kandy Stern
Set Designer
Gregory Pickrell
Set Designer
Michael J. Smith
Construction Coordinator
Len Hekel
Still Photographer
Marie Kenney
Script Supervisor
Norman Howell
Stunts
Victor Paul
Stunt Coordinator
Sal Sommatino
Property Master
Mentor Huebner
Production Illustrator
Brian Ralph
Negative Cutter
Lou Tobin
Gaffer
Arthur Gelb
Graphic Designer
