Movie Info

Benjy Stone is the junior writer on the top rated variety/comedy show, in the mid 50s (the early years). Its a new medium and the rules were not fully...(read more...) established. Alan Swann, an Erol Flynn type actor with a drinking problem is to be that weeks guest star. When King Kaiser, the headliner wants to throw Swann off the show, Benjy makes a pitch to save his childhood hero, and is made Swann's babysitter. On top of this, a union boss doesn't care for Kaiser's parody of him and has plans to stop the show.

Director: Richard Benjamin

MPAA: PG

Running Time: 92 min.

Release Date: Oct 01, 1982

Cast: Adolph Green, Anne De Salvo, Barbara Horan, Basil Hoffman, Bill Macy, Cameron Mitchell, Corinne Bohrer, George Marshall Ruge, George Wyner, Jenny Neumann, Jessica Harper, John Welsh, Joseph Bologna, Lainie Kazan, Lou Jacobi, Mark Linn-Baker, Peter O'Toole, Selma Diamond, Tony DiBenedetto