
Plot
After young playwright, David Shayne obtains funding for his play from gangster Nick Valenti, Nick's girlfriend Olive miraculously lands the role of a psychiatrist—but not only is she a bimbo who could never pass for a psychiatrist—she's a dreadful actress. David puts up with the leading man who is a compulsive eater, the grand dame who wants her part jazzed up, and Olive's interfering hitman/bodyguard—but, eventually he must decide whether art or life is more important.
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Cast

John Cusack
David Shayne

Chazz Palminteri
Cheech

Dianne Wiest
Helen Sinclair

Jennifer Tilly
Olive Neal

Mary-Louise Parker
Ellen

Tracey Ullman
Eden Brent

Jim Broadbent
Warner Purcell

Joe Viterelli
Nick Valenti

Harvey Fierstein
Sid Loomis

Rob Reiner
Sheldon Flender

Jack Warden
Julian Marx

Tony Sirico
Rocco

Victor Colicchio
Waterfront Hood

Louis Eppolito
Waterfront Hood

Gene Canfield
Waterfront Hood

Peter Castellotti
Waterfront Hood

Tony Conforti
Waterfront Hood

John Di Benedetto
Waterfront Hood

John Ventimiglia
Waterfront Hood

Lisa Arturo
Three Deuces Chorus Line

Rachel Black
Three Deuces Chorus Line

Alison Cramer
Three Deuces Chorus Line

Kelly Groninger
Three Deuces Chorus Line

Jennifer Lamberts
Three Deuces Chorus Line

Carol Lee Meadows
Three Deuces Chorus Line

Jo Telford
Three Deuces Chorus Line

Meghan Strange
Three Deuces Chorus Line

Leigh Torlage
Three Deuces Chorus Line

Debra Wiseman
Three Deuces Chorus Line

Paul Herman
Maitre d'

James Reno
Sal

Stacey Nelkin
Rita

Małgorzata Zajączkowska
Lili

Charles Cragin
Rifkin

Gerald E. Dolezar
Cafe Waiter

Nina von Arx
Josette

Shannah Laumeister Stern
Movie Theatre Victim

Fran McGee
Movie Theatre Victim

Annie-Joe Edwards
Venus

Brian McConnachie
Mitch Sabine

Edie Falco
Lorna

Kernan Bell
Speakeasy Waiter

Hope W. Sacharoff
Hilda Marx

Debi Mazar
Vi

Nick Iacovino
Hood

Frank Aquilino
Hood

Sohrab Ardeshir
Helen's Party Guest

Molly Regan
Helen's Party Guest

Phil Stein
Stagehand

John Doumanian
Backstage Well-Wisher

Dayle Haddon
Backstage Well-Wisher

Tony Darrow
Aldo

Howard Erskine
Theater Well-Wisher

Benay Venuta
Theater Well-Wisher

Ken Roberts
Theater Well-Wisher

Jennifer Van Dyck
Olive's Understudy

Peter McRobbie
Man at Theatre

José Alvarez
Waterfront Hood (uncredited)

John Glenn Hoyt
Wiseguy (uncredited)

Jeff Mazzola
Movie Theatre Hitman (uncredited)

Bruce Roberts
Party Guest (uncredited)

Patty Sherman
Night Club Patron (uncredited)

Bebie Waller
Flapper (uncredited)

Rick Washburn
Movie Theatre Hitman (uncredited)