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The House of Blue Leaves
Released: May 25, 1987 (1987)
Runtime: 113 minutes
On the day in 1965 that the Pope visits New York and masses of people line the streets in adulation, Artie, a zookeeper living in Sunnyside, Queens, thinks it's time for his life to be blessed, too. He desperately wants to escape his lower middle-class existence and become a popular singer and songwriter, but his life is complicated by an ambitious mistress, a crazy wife and a bomb-making son.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Jane Cecil as Second Nun
Age at release: 61
- John Mahoney as Artie Shaughnessy
Age at release: 46
- Swoosie Kurtz as Bananas Shaughnessy
Age at release: 42
- Richard Portnow as Billy Einhorn
Age at release: 40
- Christine Baranski as Bunny Flingus
Age at release: 35
- Julie Hagerty as Corrinna Stroller
Age at release: 31
- Ian Blackman as MP / El Dorado Bartender
Age at release: 27
- Ben Stiller as Ronnie Shaughnessy
Age at release: 21
- Debra Cole as Little Nun
Age at release: Unknown
- Patricia Falkenhain as Head Nun
Age at release: Unknown
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- Brian Evers as The White Man / El Dorado Bartender
Age at release: Unknown