My Favorite Year

My Favorite Year

92 mins | Drama, Comedy | Oct. 1, 1982

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.

My Favorite Year

92 mins | Drama, Comedy | Oct. 1, 1982

My Favorite Year
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.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Brooksfilms
Original title My Favorite Year
Directors Marie Kenney, William S. Beasley, Richard Benjamin, Duncan Henderson
Writers Dennis Palumbo, Norman Steinberg

Cast

Peter O'Toole

as Alan Swann

Mark Linn-Baker

as Benjy Stone

Jessica Harper

as K.C. Downing

Joseph Bologna

as King Kaiser

Bill Macy

as Sy Benson

Lainie Kazan

as Belle Carroca

Anne De Salvo

as Alice Miller

Basil Hoffman

as Herb Lee

Lou Jacobi

as Uncle Morty

Adolph Green

as Leo Silver

Tony DiBenedetto

as Alfie Bumbacelli

George Wyner

as Myron Fein

Selma Diamond

as Lil

Cameron Mitchell

as Karl Rojeck

Jenny Neumann

as Connie

Corinne Bohrer

as Bonnie

George Marshall Ruge

as Lord Drummond / Featured Player

Amanda Horan Kennedy

as Lady Eleanor

John Welsh

as Cubby Brown

Richard Brestoff

as Stage Manager / Featured Player

Jed Mills

as Member #1 / Featured Player

Ted Grossman

as Harris / Featured Player

Teresa Ganzel

as Dumpling / Featured Player

Philip Bruns

as Fed. Marshal Holt / Featured Player

Archie Hahn

as Delivery Boy / Featured Player

Karen Haber

as Vivian / Featured Player

Priscilla Kovary

as Priscilla

Eleanor C. Heutschy

as Gossip Columnist

Peter Eastman

as Maitre D'

Fox Harris

as Curt / Featured Player

Rieneke

as Andrea

Howard George

as Artie / Featured Player

Bob Windsor

as Alvin Horn / Featured Player

Gloria Stuart

as Mrs. Horn

Clyde McLeod

as Club Dancer

Harry Bill Roberts

as Orchestra Leader

Ramon Sison

as Rookie Carroca / Featured Player

Annette Robyns

as Sadie

Pearl Shear

as Mrs. Kessler

Stanley Brock

as Mr. Berkowitz

Martin Garner

as Mr. Cantor

John Medici

as Scalfoni

Robert G. Denison

as Stockbroker #1 / Featured Player

John Christy Ewing

as Stockbroker #2 / Featured Player

Vincent Sardi Jr.

as Policeman

Cady McClain

as Tess

Norman Steinberg

as Sandy

Richard Warwick

as Technical Director

Rex Benson

as Makeup Man

Denver Mattson

as Thug #1

George Fisher

as Thug #2

Bob Terhune

as Thug #3

Nick Dimitri

as Thug #4

Phil Adams

as Stagehand #1

Richard E. Butler

as Stagehand #2

Vince Brocato

as Walla Walla (voice)

Lana Clarkson

as Girl in Old Gold Cigarette Pack (uncredited)