“It's the swellest. It's the cream of the silver screen. It's got buckets of tears and a million laughs.”
Three movie genres of the 1930s, boxing films, WWI aviation dramas, and backstage Broadway musicals, are satirized using the same cast.
George C. Scott
Gloves Malloy / Spats Baxter
Trish Van Devere
Betsy McGuire / Isobel Stuart
Red Buttons
Peanuts / Jinks Murphy
Eli Wallach
Vince Marlow / Pop
Harry Hamlin
Joey Popchik ("Dynamite Hands")
Ann Reinking
Troubles Moran ("Dynamite Hands")
Jocelyn Brando
Mama Popchik / Mrs. Updike
Michael Kidd
"Pop" Popchik ("Dynamite Hands")
Kathleen Beller
Angie Popchik ("Dynamite Hands")
Barry Bostwick
Johnny Danko / Dick Cummings
Art Carney
Dr. Blaine / Dr. Bowers
Barbara Harris
Trixie Lane ("Baxter's Beauties of 1933")
Two Guys from Texas
We Have Evil Dead at Home
The Three from the Filling Station
Meet Me in St. Louis
Singin' in the Rain
Spaceballs
The Robber Bridegroom
Kevin Hart: I'm a Grown Little Man
Back to the Beach
The Cheap Detective
Brain Donors
The Three Stooges
Fontána pre Zuzanu 2
Chicago
It Comes Up Love
How to Irritate People
Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical
Thunderstruck
Chris Rock: Kill the Messenger
The Ladykillers