Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989)
- Starring:
- Julie Hagerty, Randy Quaid, (more)
- Director(s):
- Howard Brookner
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
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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 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, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 87 mins
Complete Cast:
- Julie Hagerty - Harriet MacKyle
- Madonna - Hortense Hathaway
- Esai Morales - Handsome Jack Maddigan
- Ethan Phillips - Basil Valentine
- Josef Sommer - Waldo Winchester
- Tony Azito - Waiter
- Graham Brown - Doc Frischer
- Nicole Burdette - Woman on Corner
- Steve Buscemi - Whining Willie
- Shelly Abend - Long George
- George Ede - Judge Witherspoon
- Googy Gress - McGinty
- Dinah Manoff - Maud Milligan
- Mark Nelson - Sam the Skate
- William Murray Weiss - Joey the Toothpick
- Herschel Sparber - Big Shelley
- Dana Pinchera - Showgirl
- Lorien House - Showgirl
- David Youse - Busboy
- Cynthia Friberg - Showgirl
- Helmar Augustus Cooper - Brother Divine
- Black-Eyed Susan - Minnie the Shrimp
- Linda Beausoleil - Showgirl
- John Rothman - Marvin Clay
- Fisher Stevens - Hotfoot Harry
- Tamara Tunie - Cynthia Harris
- Ed Zang - Hymie Weisberger
- Howard Brookner - Daffy Jack
- Sara Driver - Yvette
- Randy Quaid - Feet Samuels
- Jennifer Grey - Lovey Lou
- Rutger Hauer - Brain
- Matt Dillon - Regret
- Anita Morris - Miss Missouri 'Mizzoo' Martin
- Gerry Bamman - Inspector McNamara
- Jane Brucker - Charlott
- William S. Burroughs - Butler
- Cathryn de Prume - Showgirl
- Robert Donley - Doc Bodeeker
- Richard Edson - Johnny Crackow
- Tony Longo - Crunch Sweeney
- Stephen McHattie - Red Henry
- Tobin Wheeler - Fleming Meeks
- Lynette Tompkins - Showgirl
- Veryle Rupp - Whitey
- Katherine Monick - Bobby Baker
- Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks - "300 Club" Musician
- Patrick Garner - Rodent Ralph
- Grant Forsberg - Cab Driver
- Jean Brookner - Woman
- Stellar Bennett - Thelma
- Madeleine Potter - Widow Mary
- Alan Ruck - John Wangle
- Leonard Termo - Goodtime Nate Fishkin
- Michael Wincott - Soupy Mike
- Louis Zorich - Mindy
- Colman de Kay - Nosmo
- Director(s):
- Howard Brookner
- Writer(s):
- Colman de Kay, Howard Brookner
- Producer(s):
- Howard Brookner, Lidsay Law
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Profanity, Violence, Questionable for Children, Adult Situations)
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