Half Nelson

Half Nelson

120 mins | Drama, Comedy, TV Movie | March 24, 1985

Rocky Nelson is a New York cop, who after making a major bust and selling the rights of his story to Hollywood decides to try his luck out as an actor. However, when he gets there, the directors think that he is too short to be an actor. He is then approach by someone who offers him a job at a Hollywood security agency, cause he would fit in there being an ex-cop and while working there he could come in contact with some Hollywood heavy-weights who could give him the break he needs. And at the same he gets to live in Dean Martin's guest-house.

Half Nelson

120 mins | Drama, Comedy, TV Movie | March 24, 1985

Half Nelson
Rocky Nelson is a New York cop, who after making a major bust and selling the rights of his story to Hollywood decides to try his luck out as an actor. However, when he gets there, the directors think that he is too short to be an actor. He is then approach by someone who offers him a job at a Hollywood security agency, cause he would fit in there being an ex-cop and while working there he could come in contact with some Hollywood heavy-weights who could give him the break he needs. And at the same he gets to live in Dean Martin's guest-house.
Producers 20th Century Fox Television
Original title Half Nelson
Directors Arthur Allan Seidelman
Writers Glen A. Larson

Cast

Joe Pesci

as Rocky Nelson

Victoria Jackson

as Annie O'Hara

Fred Williamson

as Chester Long

Dean Martin

as Mr. Martin

Morgan Brittany

as Monica

Terry Kiser

as Leo Holcomb

Larry Holmes

as Larry Holmes

Bernie Kopell

as Stevens

Robert Webber

as Harrison

George Kennedy

as Parsons

Severn Darden

as Morgue Attendant

Nicolas Surovy

as Jerry

Doug McClure

as Al

Paul Kreppel

as Raphael's Assistant

Tim Rossovich

as Tight End

Tawny Little

as Announcer

Anne Haney

as Maid

Ed Hooks

as Bellman

Curtis Taylor

as 1st Man

Janet Curtis

as Hollywood Pretty Girl

Lynne Randall

as N.Y. Pretty Girl

William Bryant

as Director

Pepper Martin

as Bartender

Chick Hearn

as Voice of Announcer (voice)

Rhonda Shear

as Jacuzzi Girl #2

Robert Hover

as Guard

Jacquelyn Ray Selleck

as Jacuzzi Girl #1

Herk Clark

as New York Butch

Robert Parucha

as Wilker

David Lloyd Nelson

as Hollywood Butch

Frances Lafferty

as Nurse

Timothy Noyes

as Harrison's Guard