Bloodhounds Of Broadway (1989)
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Produced for theatrical released by PBS' American Playhouse, Bloodhounds of Broadway is not exactly a remake of the 1952 film of the same name, though both pictures use the same Damon Runyon stories as inspiration. The scene is Broadway: the time is New Year's Eve, 1928. Madonna plays small… More Produced for theatrical released by PBS' American Playhouse, Bloodhounds of Broadway is not exactly a remake of the 1952 film of the same name, though both pictures use the same Damon Runyon stories as inspiration. The scene is Broadway: the time is New Year's Eve, 1928. Madonna plays small town girl-turned-hoofer Hortense Hathaway, who loves gambler Feet Samuels (Randy Quaid) more than somewhat. Since it is known far and wide that Feet has not a penny to his name, he must find some way to pay off his debts in a hurry. So he offers to sell his huge feet to a demented-an operation which will, alas, cost Feet the use of his life. Upon waking up to the fact that Hortense loves him, Feet decides that he prefers breathing to pushing up daisies. Meanwhile, a society doll named Harriet MacKyle (Julie Hagerty) turns on the spigots when her pet parrot is laid low by a clumsy gunman. And while all this is transpiring, high-roller Regret (Matt Dillon) has to beat a murder rap. Even while Regret is sweating it out, "The Brain" (Rutger Hauer), who is bleeding profusely after confronting the business end of a shiv, searches high and low for someone willing to donate blood to save his life. If you can, keep an eye out for author William Burroughs as a butler. Bloodhounds of Broadway was the first non-documentary effort of filmmaker Howard Brookner-and the last, since he died before the film was released. To gloss over the film's plot holes, the distributors added a Winchell-like narrator to the proceedings, courtesy of actor Joseph Sommer. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Howard Brookner
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
PG,
- In Theaters
- Nov 3, 1989 Wide
- Studio
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
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Cast
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Julie Hagerty
as Harriet MacKyle
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Randy Quaid
as Feet Samuels
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Madonna
as Hortense Hathaway
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Jennifer Grey
as Lovey Lou
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Esai Morales
as Handsome Jack Maddigan
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Rutger Hauer
as Brain
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Ethan Phillips
as Basil Valentine
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Matt Dillon
as Regret
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Josef Sommer
as Waldo Winchester
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Anita Morris
as Miss Missouri 'Mizzoo' Martin
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Tony Azito
as Waiter
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Gerry Bamman
as Inspector McNamara
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Graham Brown
as Doc Frischer
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Jane Brucker
as Charlott
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Nicole Burdette
as Woman on Corner
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William S. Burroughs
as Butler
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Steve Buscemi
as Whining Willie
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Cathryn de Prume
as Showgirl
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Robert Donley
as Doc Bodeeker
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George Ede
as Judge Witherspoon
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Richard Edson
as Johnny Crackow
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Googy Gress
as McGinty
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Tony Longo
as Crunch Sweeney
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Dinah Manoff
as Maud Milligan
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Stephen McHattie
as Red Henry
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Mark Nelson
as Sam the Skate
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Madeleine Potter
as Widow Mary
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John Rothman
as Marvin Clay
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Alan Ruck
as John Wangle
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Fisher Stevens
as Hotfoot Harry
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Leonard Termo
as Goodtime Nate Fishkin
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Tamara Tunie
as Cynthia Harris
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Michael Wincott
as Soupy Mike
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Ed Zang
as Hymie Weisberger
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Louis Zorich
as Mindy
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Howard Brookner
as Daffy Jack
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Colman de Kay
as Nosmo
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Sara Driver
as Yvette
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Shelly Abend
as Long George
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Linda Beausoleil
as Showgirl
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Stellar Bennett
as Thelma
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Black-Eyed Susan
as Minnie the Shrimp
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Jean Brookner
as Woman
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Helmar Augustus Cooper
as Brother Divine
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Grant Forsberg
as Cab Driver
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Cynthia Friberg
as Showgirl
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Patrick Garner
as Rodent Ralph
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Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks
as "300 Club" Musician
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Lorien House
as Showgirl
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Katherine Monick
as Bobby Baker
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Dana Pinchera
as Showgirl
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Veryle Rupp
as Whitey
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Herschel Sparber
as Big Shelley
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Lynette Tompkins
as Showgirl
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William Murray Weiss
as Joey the Toothpick
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Tobin Wheeler
as Fleming Meeks
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David Youse
as Busboy
