My Favorite Year

My Favorite Year

The year the dreams came true.

1982•1h 32m•6.6/10

ComedyDrama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.6/10(116)

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.

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Production

Brooksfilms, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Peter O'Toole

Peter O'Toole

Alan Swann

Mark Linn-Baker

Mark Linn-Baker

Benjy Stone

Jessica Harper

Jessica Harper

K.C. Downing

Joseph Bologna

Joseph Bologna

King Kaiser

Bill Macy

Bill Macy

Sy Benson

Lainie Kazan

Lainie Kazan

Belle Carroca

Anne DeSalvo

Anne DeSalvo

Alice Miller

Basil Hoffman

Basil Hoffman

Herb Lee

Lou Jacobi

Lou Jacobi

Uncle Morty

Adolph Green

Adolph Green

Leo Silver

Tony DiBenedetto

Alfie Bumbacelli

George Wyner

George Wyner

Myron Fein

Selma Diamond

Selma Diamond

Lil

Cameron Mitchell

Cameron Mitchell

Karl Rojeck

Jenny Neumann

Jenny Neumann

Connie

Corinne Bohrer

Corinne Bohrer

Bonnie

George Marshall Ruge

Lord Drummond / Featured Player

Amanda Horan Kennedy

Amanda Horan Kennedy

Lady Eleanor

John Welsh

John Welsh

Cubby Brown

Richard Brestoff

Richard Brestoff

Stage Manager / Featured Player

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