Directed by:
Richard BenjaminScreenplay:
Norman SteinbergCinematography:
Gerald HirschfeldComposer:
Ralph BurnsCast:
Peter O'Toole, Mark Linn-Baker, Jessica Harper, Joseph Bologna, Bill Macy, Lainie Kazan, Basil Hoffman, Lou Jacobi, George Wyner, Cameron Mitchell (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
Peter O'Toole gives a knock-out performance as Alan Swann, a booze-loving former matinee idol who is forced into making a live appearance on a variety show to appease the IRS. Mark Linn-Baker plays the fledgling writer for the show who must keep Swann on the sober and narrow. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Peter O'Toole](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/126/166126645_59b622.jpg)
Peter O'Toole
Ireland
Best movies:
Ratatouille (2007)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
How to Steal a Million (1966)
![Mark Linn-Baker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/273/160273840_991704.jpg)
Mark Linn-Baker
USA
Best movies:
Manhattan (1979)
Twelve and Holding (2005)
Noises Off... (1992)
![Jessica Harper](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/908/161908082_5fcce2.jpg)
Jessica Harper
USA
Best movies:
Love and Death (1975)
Minority Report (2002)
Taking Off (1971)
![Joseph Bologna](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/984/161984733_37883b.jpg)
Joseph Bologna
USA
Best movies:
The Batman Superman Movie: World's Finest (1997) (TV movie)
Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006)
Chapter Two (1979)
Bill Macy
USA
Best movies:
Columbo (1971) (series)
The Doctor (1991)
Analyze This (1999)
![Lainie Kazan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/098/165098134_9d92ed.png)
Lainie Kazan
USA
Best movies:
Columbo (1971) (series)
The Big Hit (1998)
The Journey of Natty Gann (1985)
![Basil Hoffman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/480/159480988_d27337.jpg)
Basil Hoffman
USA
Best movies:
Being There (1979)
All the President's Men (1976)
Ordinary People (1980)
![Lou Jacobi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/188/158188329_cbba32.gif)
Lou Jacobi
Canada
Best movies:
![George Wyner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/634/158634291_4e867e.jpg)
George Wyner
USA
Best movies:
The Devil's Advocate (1997)
All the President's Men (1976)
Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
![Cameron Mitchell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/596/165596216_60ec55.jpg)
Cameron Mitchell
USA
Best movies:
Hombre (1967)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
Blood and Black Lace (1964)
![Corinne Bohrer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/460/460048_1e57c1.jpg)
Corinne Bohrer
USA
Best movies:
Big Eden (2000)
Jekyll & Hyde... Together Again (1982)
They Call Me Bruce? (1982)
![Gloria Stuart](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270223_2d770e.jpg)
Gloria Stuart
USA
Best movies:
Titanic (1997)
The Invisible Man (1933)
The Kiss Before the Mirror (1933)
![Lana Clarkson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276918_717f5d.jpg)
Lana Clarkson
USA
Best movies:
Scarface (1983)
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
My Favorite Year (1982)
![Cady McClain](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/488/488797_075137.jpg)
Cady McClain
USA
Best movies:
Who Will Love My Children? (1983) (TV movie)
My Favorite Year (1982)
Home Movie (2008)
![Philip Bruns](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/093/886/93886075_78e3c2.jpg)
Philip Bruns
USA
Best movies:
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
Taking Off (1971)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
![Archie Hahn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/249/163249484_08a01c.png)
Archie Hahn
USA
Best movies:
Rain Man (1988)
Misery (1990)
Children of a Lesser God (1986)
Adolph Green
USA
Best movies:
My Favorite Year (1982)
The Substance of Fire (1996)
I Want to Go Home (1989)
Anne De Salvo
USA
Best movies:
Unstrung Heroes (1995)
Stardust Memories (1980)
Starting Over (1979)
John Welsh
Best movies:
Threshold (1981)
Far Out Man (1990)
Life Stinks (1991)
John Medici
USA
Best movies:
Serpico (1973)
My Favorite Year (1982)
Loving Couples (1980)