"LOVE. ACTION. COMEDY. SUSPENSE. EXCITMENT."

1976

2h 6m

6.1(43 votes)

Comedy

Overview

In the silent film era, attorney Leo Harrigan and gunslinger Buck Greenway are hired to stop an illegal film production. However, they soon team up with the filmmakers and become important players in the show business industry. Leo learns he has a talent for directing, and Buck's cowboy persona quickly earns him leading-man status — but both men fall for beautiful starlet Kathleen Cooke, leading to a heated personal rivalry.

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Cast & Crew

80 members

Acting

Ryan O'Neal

Leo Harrigan

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Burt Reynolds

Buck Greenway

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Tatum O'Neal

Alice Forsyte

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Brian Keith

H.H. Cobb

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Stella Stevens

Marty Reeves

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John Ritter

Franklin Frank

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Jane Hitchcock

Kathleen Cooke

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Jack Perkins

Michael Gilhooley

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Brion James

Bailiff

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Sidney Armus

Judge

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Joe Warfield

Morgan

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Tamar Cooper

Edna Mae Gilhooley

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Crew

Alan Gibbs

Patents Hooligan

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Mathew Anden

Hecky

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Lorenzo Music

Mullins

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Arnold Soboloff

Cobb's Writer

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Jeffrey Byron

Steve

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Priscilla Pointer

Mabel

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Don Calfa

Waldo

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Philip Bruns

Duncan

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Edward Marshall

Rialto Hotel Clerk

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John Blackwell

Louie

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E.J. André

Stage Performer

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Christa Lang

Stage Performer

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Maurice Manson

Stage Performer

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Louis Guss

Dinsdale

Production

Frank Marshall

Dinsdale's Assistant

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Andrew Winner

Stage Manager

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Mathilda Calnan

German Bakery Lady

Production

Gustaf Unger

German Producer

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Bertil Unger

German Producer

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James O'Connell

Patents Thug

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Ric Mancini

Patents Thug

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Mark Dennis

Cobb's Cutter

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E. Hampton Beagle

Leo's Train Conductor

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Hedgemon Lewis

Train Waiter

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Bill Riddle

Sally

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Dino Judd

Old Timer

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Harry Carey, Jr.

Dobie

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James Best

Jim

Crew

Jack Verbois

Jack

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John Chappell

John

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George Gaynes

Reginald Kingsley

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Carleton Rippel

Depot Man

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Crew

Rita Abrams

Dutch Damsel

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Sara Jane Gould

Dutch Damsel

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Mary Beth Bell

Dutch Damsel

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M. Emmet Walsh

"Father" Logan

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Miriam Byrd-Nethery

Aunt Lula

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Rusty Blitz

Nickelodeon Barker

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Les Josephson

Nickelodeon Bouncer

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Tom Erhart

Nickelodeon Projectionist

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Griffin O'Neal

Bicycle Boy

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Patricia O'Neal

Movie Fanatic

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Morgan Farley

Movie Fanatic

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Anna Thea Bogdanovich

Movie Fanatic

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Elaine Partnow

Movie Fanatic

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Joseph G. Medalis

Movie Fanatic

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Billy Beck

Movie Fanatic

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Roger Hampton

Movie Fanatic

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Gordon Hurst

Policeman

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Charles Thomas Murphy

Hollywood Realtor

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Hamilton Camp

Blacker

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Ted Gehring

Stoneman

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Stanley Brock

Parker

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Vincent Milana

Frank's Director

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Lee Gordon Moore

Alice's Director

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John Finnegan

Kathleen's Director

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Christian Grey

Buck's Director

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Robert Ball

Leo's Actor

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Chief Tug Smith

Elmer

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Rude Frimel

Orchestra Conductor

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Christopher Barrett

Chauffeur (uncredited)

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Jon Cutler

Driver (uncredited)

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Running Deer

Indian (uncredited)

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Raven Grey Eagle

Indian (uncredited)

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Bob Harks

Hotel Guest (uncredited)

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John Otrin

Man (uncredited)

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Carl D. Parker

Railroad Conductor (uncredited)

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Gus Peters

Tex (uncredited)

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