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My Favorite Year

Name: My Favorite Year
Director: Richard Benjamin
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1982-10-01
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Mark Linn-Baker, Jessica Harper, Joseph Bologna, Bill Macy

ComedyDrama

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'TooleMark Linn-BakerJessica HarperJoseph BolognaBill MacyLainie KazanAnne DeSalvoBasil HoffmanLou JacobiAdolph GreenTony DiBenedettoGeorge Wyner

Director

Richard Benjamin

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