Echo Park

Echo Park

Can a stripper, a pizza-man and a bodybuilder find happiness in L.A.?

1985 en 88 minutes

Rating: 5.167

Plot

In the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, everybody is somebody else. May, a single mother who delivers strip-O-grams, dreams of being an actress. She rents one of her rooms out to a pizza-man cum songwriter named Jonathan. Meanwhile, in the next apartment, August, an Austrian bodybuilder, fancies himself the next Arnold Schwarzenegger. As the pressures of everyday life in LA mount, Jonathan and August vie for May's love.

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Cast

Susan Dey

Susan Dey

May

Tom Hulce

Tom Hulce

Jonathan

Michael Bowen

Michael Bowen

August

Christopher Walker

Christopher Walker

Henry

Shirley Jo Finney

Shirley Jo Finney

Gloria

Heinrich Schweiger

Heinrich Schweiger

August's Father

Cheech Marin

Cheech Marin

Syd

John Paragon

John Paragon

Hugo

Cassandra Peterson

Cassandra Peterson

Sheri

Timothy Carey

Timothy Carey

Vinnie

Martin Suppan

Martin Suppan

Austrian Consul

Robert R. Shafer

Robert R. Shafer

Commercial Director

Dorothy Dells

Dorothy Dells

Consulate Secretary

Yana Nirvana

Yana Nirvana

Woman in Bar

Paul Anselmo

Paul Anselmo

Policeman

Jesse Aragon

Jesse Aragon

Policeman

Robert Cabral

Robert Cabral

Policeman

Peter Drain

Peter Drain

Bar Customer

John Pochna

John Pochna

Bar Customer

Dee Cooper

Dee Cooper

Man in Park

Douglas M. Ford

Douglas M. Ford

Biker

Stephen Gaines

Stephen Gaines

Desk Sergeant

Fred Leaf

Fred Leaf

Burt Reynolds Look-alike

Mary Thompson

Mary Thompson

Prospective Roommate

Anne Marie Bates

Anne Marie Bates

Prospective Roommate

Jason Mayall

Jason Mayall

Prospective Roommate

Renee LeBallister

Renee LeBallister

Prospective Roommate

Michael Marloe

Michael Marloe

Partygoer

Jim Smith

Jim Smith

Partygoer

Skip O'Brien

Skip O'Brien

Prisoner

Biff Yeager

Biff Yeager

Jailer

Jackie Easton

Jackie Easton

Girl in Commercial

Bob Moss

Bob Moss

Birthday Boy

Doug Knott

Doug Knott

Birthday Man

James Helppi

James Helppi

Guest in Elevator

George W. Scott

George W. Scott

Man with Tip

De Schneider

De Schneider

Real Estate Secretary

Patti Tippo

Patti Tippo

Telegram Stripper

Max Trumpower

Max Trumpower

Telegram Stripper

Penny Harris

Penny Harris

Telegram Stripper

Merrill Ward

Merrill Ward

Telegram Stripper

Dana Sue Collins

Dana Sue Collins

Telegram Stripper

Peter Kent

Peter Kent

Arnold Schwarzenegger (uncredited)

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