My Favorite Year (1982)

  • PG
  • 10/08/1982 (US)
  • Comedy, Drama
  • 1h 32m

The year the dreams came true.

Overview

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.

Norman Steinberg

Screenplay

Dennis Palumbo

Story, Screenplay

Richard Benjamin

Director

Cast

Peter O'Toole's headshot

Peter O'Toole

Alan Swann
Mark Linn-Baker's headshot

Mark Linn-Baker

Benjy Stone
Jessica Harper's headshot

Jessica Harper

K.C. Downing
Joseph Bologna's headshot

Joseph Bologna

King Kaiser
Bill Macy's headshot

Bill Macy

Sy Benson
Lainie Kazan's headshot

Lainie Kazan

Belle Carroca
Anne DeSalvo's headshot

Anne DeSalvo

Alice Miller
Basil Hoffman's headshot

Basil Hoffman

Herb Lee

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