Synopsis
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
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