My Favorite Year

Directed by Richard Benjamin
PG
October 1, 1982    1h 32m    Box Office: $20.1MComedy, Drama
7.397%84%6.6
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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.
  • 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 Fein
  • Selma DiamondLil
  • Cameron MitchellKarl Rojeck
  • Jenny NeumannConnie
  • Corinne BohrerBonnie
  • George Marshall RugeLord Drummond / Featured Player
  • Amanda Horan KennedyLady Eleanor
  • John WelshCubby Brown
  • Richard BrestoffStage Manager / Featured Player

My Favorite Year Ratings & Reviews

  • mellisfOctober 19, 2025
    An all time favourite of mine. Peter O'Toole is superb in this comedy. Tight script with some heavy emotion and a ton of laughs. Take the time and give it a watch

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