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Half Nelson (1985)

Directed by Arthur Allan Seidelman

Overview

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.

Length 95 minutes

Actors

Joe Pesci | Victoria Jackson | Fred Williamson | Dean Martin | Morgan Brittany | Terry Kiser | George Wyner | Gary Lockwood | Mills Watson | Rory Calhoun | Larry Holmes | John Matuszak | Jerry Reuss | Tony Curtis | Bernie Kopell | Rod Taylor | Robert Webber | George Kennedy | Severn Darden | Nicolas Surovy | Doug McClure | Paul Kreppel | Tim Rossovich | Tawny Little | Anne Haney | Ed Hooks | Curtis Taylor | Janet Curtis | Lynne Randall | William Bryant | David K. Johnston | Pepper Martin | Chick Hearn | Rhonda Shear | Robert Hover | Herk Clark | Robert Parucha | David Lloyd Nelson | Frances Lafferty | Timothy Noyes | Jacqueline Ray