Movie · 1982
My Favorite Year
Released 1 October 1982 More from 1982 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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.
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How old were they?
Lou Jacobi
as Uncle Morty
Cameron Mitchell
as Karl Rojeck
Bill Macy
as Sy Benson
Peter O'Toole
as Alan Swann
Nick Dimitri
as Thug #4
Denver Mattson
as Thug #1
Basil Hoffman
as Herb Lee
Lainie Kazan
as Belle Carroca
Archie Hahn
as Delivery Boy / Featured Player
Howard George
as Artie / Featured Player
Jessica Harper
as K.C. Downing
Mark Linn-Baker
as Benjy Stone
Corinne Bohrer
as Bonnie
Lana Clarkson
as Girl in Old Gold Cigarette Pack
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The numbers
48years between the oldest and youngest billed
68Lou Jacobi — oldest on the call sheet
20Lana Clarkson — youngest billed
43average age of the credited cast