Comedy / Drama /

Score: 63.0%( 41 votes )

Overview: An aspiring Jewish actor moves out of his parents' Brooklyn apartment to seek his fortune in the bohemian life of Greenwich Village in 1953.

Cast:

Lenny Baker
Larry Lapinsky

Shelley Winters
Faye Lapinsky

Ellen Greene
Sarah Roth

Lois Smith
Anita Cunningham

Christopher Walken
Robert Fulmer

Dori Brenner
Connie

Antonio Fargas
Bernstein Chandler

Lou Jacobi
Herb

Mike Kellin
Ben Lapinsky

Michael Egan
Acting Teacher

Rashel Novikoff
Mrs. Tupperman

John C. Becher
Casting Director

Jeff Goldblum
Clyde Baxter

Joe Spinell
Cop

Denise Galik
Ellen

Rochelle Oliver
Doctor Marsha

Sol Frieder
Mr. Elkins

Helen Hanft
Herb's Wife

John Ford Noonan
Barney

Carole Monferdini
Southern Girl

Gui Andrisano
Marco

Joe Madden
Old Poet

Rubin Levine
Street Violinist

Milton Frome
Drugstore Customer (uncredited)

Paul Mazursky
Casting Director (uncredited)

Bill Murray
Nick Kessel (uncredited)

Vincent Schiavelli
Party Guest (uncredited)

Rutanya Alda
Party Guest (uncredited)

Stuart Pankin
Party Guest (uncredited)

Annie Gagen
Acting Student (uncredited)

Kandice Stroh
Acting Student (uncredited)

Frankie Verroca
Acting Student (uncredited)

Billie Perkins
Hippie Girl (uncredited)

Filomena Spagnuolo
Old Lady on Street (uncredited)