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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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