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Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989)
Directed by Howard Brookner
Overview
This musical is based on four short stories by Damon Runyon. In one tale, gambler Feet Samuels sells his body to science just as he realizes that Hortense loves him and that he would rather live than die. In another story, Harriet’s parrot is killed, and she has problems dealing with her loss. Then, there is a gambler, “Regret”, who has bloodhounds on his trail when he becomes a murder suspect. Finally, “The Brain” is bleeding profusely, and his friends search for a way to save his life through a blood transfusion.
Rated PG | Length 93 minutes
Actors
Matt Dillon | Jennifer Grey | Julie Hagerty | Rutger Hauer | Madonna | Esai Morales | Anita Morris | Randy Quaid | Josef Sommer | Alan Ruck | Dinah Manoff | Ethan Phillips | Stephen McHattie | Tony Longo | Fisher Stevens | Richard Edson | Tony Azito | David Youse | Louis Zorich | Howard Brookner | John Rothman | Mark Nelson | Madeleine Potter | Stellar Bennett | Nicole Burdette | Colman deKay | Gerry Bamman | Jane Brucker | Googy Gress | Robert Donley | Grant Forsberg | Sheldon Abend | Veryle Rupp | Helmar Augustus Cooper | George Ede | William S. Burroughs | Michael Wincott | Herschel Sparber | Black-Eyed Susan | Steve Buscemi | Patrick Garner | Tobin Wheeler | Jean Brookner | Tamara Tunie | Cathryn de Prume | Katherine Monick | Sara Driver | William Murray Weiss | Leonard Termo | Graham Brown | Ed Zang | Linda Beausoleil | Cynthia Friberg | Lorien House | Dana Pinchera | Lynette Tompkins | Johnny Crawford