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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

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