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Academy Award®-winner Anthony Hopkins (SILENCE OF THE LAMBS) is Corky, a painfully shy, failed magician who finds overnight success as a ventriloquist. His brash, foul-mouthed dummy, Fats, becomes a huge nightclub hit. With his star on the rise, talent agent Ben Greene (Burgess Meredith) arranges an important shot at national TV. But the pressure of failing the network’s required physical sends Corky into a panic. With Fats in tow, he flees the city to a nearly-deserted resort in the Catskills run by the love of his youth, Peggy Ann Snow (Ann-Margret).
Original Release
11/08/1978
US Release
11/08/1978
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Anthony Hopkins | Corky / Fats / Corky Withers / Fats (voice) |
Ann-Margret | Peggy Ann Snow |
Burgess Meredith | Ben Greene |
Ed Lauter | Duke |
E.J. André | Merlin |
David Ogden Stiers | Todson / George Todson |
Jerry Houser | Cab Driver |
Lillian Randolph | Sadie |
Joe Lowry | Club M.C. |
Beverly Sanders | Laughing Lady |
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Anthony Hopkins | Corky / Fats / Corky Withers / Fats (voice) |
Ann-Margret | Peggy Ann Snow |
Burgess Meredith | Ben Greene |
Ed Lauter | Duke |
E.J. André | Merlin |
David Ogden Stiers | Todson / George Todson |
Jerry Houser | Cab Driver |
Lillian Randolph | Sadie |
Joe Lowry | Club M.C. |
Beverly Sanders | Laughing Lady |
I.W. Klein | Maitre D' |
Steve Hart | Captain |
Patrick McCullough | Doorman |
Robert Hackman | Father |
Mary Munday | Mother |
Scott Garrett | Corky's Brother |
Brad Beesley | Young Corky |
Michael J. Harte | Minister |
Robert Cole | Pool Player |
Valerie Hall | Woman in Line Outside of Nightclub |
Producers
Name | Role |
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C.O. Erickson | Executive Producer |
Joseph E. Levine | Producer |
Richard P. Levine | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1979 | Golden Globe | Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama | Nominated |