Peter O'TooleAlan SwannSavaraTV movie
My Favorite Year
The year the dreams came true.
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.
ComedyDrama
Starring
Peter O'Toole, Mark Linn-Baker, Jessica Harper
Directed by
Richard Benjamin
About
My Favorite Year
ComedyDrama
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.
The year the dreams came true.
Information
- Released
- Oct 1, 1982
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Status
- Released
Language & origin
- Original audio
- English
- Country
- US
- Rating
- PG
- Directed by
- Richard Benjamin
Production
- Studio
- Brooksfilms
- Studio
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cast
People in this story
Peter O'TooleAlan Swann
Mark Linn-BakerBenjy Stone
Jessica HarperK.C. Downing
Joseph BolognaKing Kaiser
Bill MacySy Benson
Lainie KazanBelle Carroca
Anne DeSalvoAlice Miller
Basil HoffmanHerb Lee
Lou JacobiUncle Morty
Adolph GreenLeo Silver
Tony DiBenedettoAlfie Bumbacelli
George WynerMyron FeinMetadata and artwork discovery powered by TMDB.