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My Favorite Year (1982)

Directed by Richard Benjamin

Comedy

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.

Rated PG | Length 92 minutes

Actors

Peter O'Toole | Mark Linn-Baker | Jessica Harper | Joseph Bologna | Bill Macy | Lainie Kazan | Anne De Salvo | Basil Hoffman | Lou Jacobi | Adolph Green | Tony DiBenedetto | George Wyner | Selma Diamond | Cameron Mitchell | Jenny Neumann | Corinne Bohrer | George Marshall Ruge | Amanda Horan Kennedy | John Welsh | Richard Brestoff | Jed Mills | Ted Grossman | Teresa Ganzel | Philip Bruns | Archie Hahn | Karen Haber | Priscilla Kovary | Eleanor C. Heutschy | Peter Eastman | Fox Harris | Rieneke | Howard George | Bob Windsor | Gloria Stuart | Clyde McLeod | Harry Bill Roberts | Ramon Sison | Annette Robyns | Pearl Shear | Stanley Brock | Martin Garner | John Medici | Robert G. Denison | John Christy Ewing | Vincent Sardi Jr. | Cady McClain | Norman Steinberg | Richard Warwick | Rex Benson | Denver Mattson | George Fisher | Bob Terhune | Nick Dimitri | Phil Adams | Richard E. Butler | Vince Brocato | Lana Clarkson | David Armstrong

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

I also watched Richard Benjamin’s My Favorite Year (1982) featuring the remarkable Peter O’Toole in yet another entertaining role as the famous onscreen swashbuckler Alan Swann. Good amount a levity to keep this afloat throughout. Thoroughly enjoyable!

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