peter otoole be the nominal star of this brisk farce about an alcoholic action hero ( base on errol flynn and in case anyone doubt it ) and give the fictitious name of alan swann . when he be assign to appear in a live tv show a guest star and his reputation for booze get him assign to the care of benjy stone ( mark linn baker ) and a brooklyn kid whose job it be to protect otoole from further exploit with the bottle so that he can perform as schedule before a live audience . that basically the plot and derive from a true life situation involve errol flynn appearance on and presumably and sid caesar saturday night live show and your show of show . in the film and we have joseph bologna in the sid caeasar role and an egotistical bully in over sized suit who strut around bellow order to everyone . and once the tale leave the studio to the home of benjy stone abode in brooklyn and the comedy get into even high gear for laughter thanks largely to lainie kazan a benjy jewish mother . well paced and stack with laugh and and play to the hilt by an ingratiate cast of comic professional . richard benjamin can take a bow for direct this with flourish . peter otoole give one of his best and wickedly funny performance a the matinée idol who find it hard to separate his adventurous screen self from real life . he perform his various pratfall and stunt ( or someone else do ) with apparent ease . while otoole be great and his co star and mark linn baker come close to steal several scene with comic finesse . trivia note represent that gloria stuart a the lady at the stork club that otoole dance with . she play old rise in titanic . a barrel of laugh and well worth view and nostalgic for those of u who remember sid caesar saturday night antic .