My Favorite Year(1982)
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.
Movie: My Favorite Year
Top 10 Billed Cast
Alan Swann
Benjy Stone
K.C. Downing
King Kaiser
Sy Benson
Belle Carroca
Alice Miller
Herb Lee
Uncle Morty
Leo Silver
Video Trailer My Favorite Year
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