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Cast
Robert De Niro (Rupert Pupkin)Jerry Lewis (Jerry Langford)Diahnne Abbott (Rita Keane)Sandra Bernhard (Masha)Ed Herlihy (Ed Herlihy)Lou Brown (Band Leader)Loretta Tupper (Stage Door Fan)Peter Potulski (Stage Door Fan)Vinnie Gonzales (Stage Door Fan)Whitey Ryan (Stage Door Guard)Doc Lawless (Chauffeur)Marta Heflin (Young Girl)Katherine Wallach (Autograph Seeker)Charles Kaleina (Autograph Seeker)Richard Baratz (Caricaturist)Catherine Scorsese (Rupert's Mom)Cathy Scorsese (Dolores)Chuck Low (Man in Chinese Restaurant)
Director
Martin Scorsese
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Synopsis
Rupert Pupkin is a passionate yet unsuccessful comic who craves nothing more than to be in the spotlight and to achieve this, he stalks and kidnaps his idol to take the spotlight for himself.
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