Parasite
2019 · Comedy · Thriller
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Film / 1982
My Favorite Year
Directed by
Richard Benjamin
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 …
The story
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'TooleAlan Swann
Mark Linn-BakerBenjy Stone
Jessica HarperK.C. Downing
Joseph BolognaKing Kaiser
Bill MacySy Benson
Lainie KazanBelle Carroca
Anne DeSalvoAlice Miller
Basil HoffmanHerb Lee
Lou JacobiUncle Morty
Adolph GreenLeo Silver
Tony DiBenedettoAlfie Bumbacelli
George WynerMyron Fein
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Selma DiamondLil
Cameron MitchellKarl Rojeck
Jenny NeumannConnie
Corinne BohrerBonnie
George Marshall RugeLord Drummond / Featured Player
Amanda Horan KennedyLady Eleanor
John WelshCubby Brown
Richard BrestoffStage Manager / Featured Player
Jed MillsMember #1 / Featured Player
Ted GrossmanHarris / Featured Player
Teresa GanzelDumpling / Featured Player
Philip BrunsFed. Marshal Holt / Featured Player
Archie HahnDelivery Boy / Featured Player
Karen HaberVivian / Featured Player
Priscilla KovaryPriscilla
Eleanor C. HeutschyGossip Columnist
Peter EastmanMaitre D'
Fox HarrisCurt / Featured Player
RienekeAndrea
Howard GeorgeArtie / Featured Player
Robert WindsorAlvin Horn / Featured Player
Gloria StuartMrs. Horn
Clyde McLeodClub Dancer
Harry Bill RobertsOrchestra Leader
Ramon SisonRookie Carroca / Featured Player
Annette RobynsSadie
Pearl ShearMrs. Kessler
Stanley BrockMr. Berkowitz
Martin GarnerMr. Cantor
John MediciScalfoni
Robert G. DenisonStockbroker #1 / Featured Player
John Christy EwingStockbroker #2 / Featured Player
Vincent Sardi Jr.Policeman
Cady McClainTess
Norman SteinbergSandy
Richard WarwickTechnical Director
Rex BensonMakeup Man
Denver MattsonThug #1
George FisherThug #2
Bob TerhuneThug #3
Nick DimitriThug #4
Phil AdamsStagehand #1
Richard E. ButlerStagehand #2
Vince BrocatoWalla Walla (voice)
Lana ClarksonGirl in Old Gold Cigarette Pack
David ArmstrongClub Patron
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