Movie
Broadway Danny Rose
Comedy film with a runtime of 86 minutes, released in 1984. Presented in English.
At a Glance
Synopsis
A smaller, amusing comedy from writer/director Woody Allen, Broadway Danny Rose begins with a bunch of show business vets sitting around a table at New York's Carnegie Deli and reminiscing about the legendary titular character, a loser of an agent who would represent anyone, including blind xylophonists, piano-playing birds, and has-been crooners with drinking problems. Allen plays Rose as a befuddled, warm-hearted schlub who finally has a shot at getting somewhere when he signs washed-up lounge singer Lou Canova (Nick Apollo Forte) and nearly brings his career back to life. Danny gets him a date at the Waldorf, where Milton Berle is in the audience, looking for guests for his TV special. Canova has a complicated love life, juggling both a wife and a girlfriend. so he enlists Danny to take the girlfriend, Tina Vitale (Mia Farrow), to the concert. But Canova and Tina have a fight, she goes back to her Mafioso boyfriend, and Danny winds up getting chased halfway around New York and New Jersey by the Mob. And of course, once Canova gets his big break, he dumps Danny for another agent. Allen, Forte, and especially Farrow all do strong work with characters that could have easily become stereotypes, and the film has a lighter, warmer touch than the Allen films that preceded it (Stardust Memories and Zelig).
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Cast
- Woody Allen
- Nick Apollo Forte
- Mia Farrow
- Sandy Baron
- Corbett Monica
- Craig Vandenburgh
- Herb Reynolds
- Paul Greco
- Frank Renzulli
- Edwin Bordo
- Gina DeAngelis
- Peter Castellotti
- Tony Turco
- Sandy Richman
- Gerald Schoenfeld
- Olga Barbato
- David Kissel
- Gloria Parker
- Robert Weil
- David Kieserman
- Mark Hardwick
- Alba Ballard
- Maurice Shrog
- Belle Berger
- Herschel Rosen
- Cecilia Amerling
- Maggie Ranone
- Charles D'Amodio
- Joie Gallo
- Carl Pistilli
- Lucy Iacono
- Julia Barbuto
- Anna Sceusa
- Nicholas Pantano
- Rocco Pantano
- Tony Turca
- Gilda Torterello
- Danny Aiello
- Ronald Maccone
- Antoinette Raffone
- Michael Badalucco
- Richard Lanzano
- Dom Matteo
- Leo Steiner
- George Axler
- William Paulson
- Diane Zolten
- Sid Winter
- Gary Reynolds
- John Doumanian
- Betty Rosotti
- Sheila Bond
- Camille Saviola
- Jackie Gayle
- Morty Gunty
- Will Jordan
- Howard Storm
- Jack Rollins
- Joe Franklin
- Howard Cosell
- Milton Berle
- Bob Rollins
- Etta Rollins
- Sandy Baron
- Michael Peyser
- Ezra Swerdlow
- Jack Rollins
- Milton Berle
- Les Bloom
- James Sabat
- Charles H. Joffe
- Fern Buchner
- Jeffrey Kurland
- Morty Gunty
- Woody Allen
- Mel Bourne
- Gordon Willis
- Susan E. Morse
