

My Favorite Year
1982-10-01 · 92 min · ★ 6.6
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 details
- Directors
- Richard Benjamin
- Production companies
- Brooksfilms, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 7,900,000
- Revenue
- USD 20,123,620
Top 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
Selma DiamondLil
Cameron MitchellKarl Rojeck
Jenny NeumannConnie
Corinne BohrerBonnie
Amanda Horan KennedyLady Eleanor
John WelshCubby Brown
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