Movie Movie(1978)
It's the swellest. It's the cream of the silver screen. It's got buckets of tears and a million laughs.
Three movie genres of the 1930s, boxing films, WWI aviation dramas, and backstage Broadway musicals, are satirized using the same cast.
Movie: Movie Movie
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Gloves Malloy / Spats Baxter
Betsy McGuire / Isobel Stuart
Peanuts / Jinks Murphy
Vince Marlow / Pop
Joey Popchik ("Dynamite Hands")
Troubles Moran ("Dynamite Hands")
Mama Popchik / Mrs. Updike
"Pop" Popchik ("Dynamite Hands")
Angie Popchik ("Dynamite Hands")
Johnny Danko / Dick Cummings
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Three movie genres of the 1930s, boxing films, WWI aviation dramas, and backstage Broadway musicals, are satirized using the same cast.
Release Date
1978-11-01
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5.8
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It's the swellest. It's the cream of the silver screen. It's got buckets of tears and a million laughs.
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