The Choirboys (1977)
- Starring:
- Charles Durning, Louis Gossett, Jr., (more)
- Director(s):
- Robert Aldrich
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
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Loosely based on former policeman Joseph Wambaugh's humorous novel, The Choirboys determinedly explores the stunted interior lives of a large crew of callous, bigoted L.A. policemen. These men get together to lend one another emotional support. However, the means they choose for this do not enhance their sensitivity or their judgement. When one of them has a really bad day, he asks his buddies to come to "choir practice," and they get together for alcoholic benders of fairly epic proportions. When one of them accidentally shoots a homosexual teen cruising a city park, everyone (including higher-ups) gets called on to help with the cover-up. The Choirboys, which was a critical and box-office failure, had an impressive cast list, including such well-known performers as Blair Brown, James Woods, Randy Quaid, Lou Gossett Jr., Perry King and Charles Durning. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Charles Durning - Whalen
- Perry King - Slate
- Stephen Macht - Van Moot
- Randy Quaid - Proust
- Don Stroud - Lyles
- Burt Young - Scuzzi
- Jeanie Bell - Fanny Forbes
- Michele Carey - Ora Lee Tingle
- Barbara Rhoades - "No Balls" Hadley
- Phyllis Davis - Foxy/Gina
- George DiCenzo - Lt. Grimsley
- Vic Tayback - Pete Zoony
- Susan Batson - Sabrina
- Joe Kapp - Hod carrier
- Suzanne Zenor - Blonde
- Loni Kaye Harkless - Secretary
- Bill Walker - Tilden
- Cheryl Smith - Tammy
- Dimitri Logothetis - Card player
- Louis Gossett, Jr. - Motts
- Clyde Kusatsu - Tanaguchi
- Tim McIntire - Roscoe Rules
- Chuck Sacci - Sartino
- James Woods - bloomguard
- Robert Webber - Riggs
- Blair Brown - Kimberly Miles
- Charles Haid - Yanov
- Jim Davis - Capt. Drobeck
- Jack de Leon - Luther Quigley
- David Spielberg - Lt. Finque
- Michael Wills - Blaney
- Claire Brennan - Carolina Moon
- John Steadman - Odello
- Ben Young - Vice officer
- Bob Minor - Hod carrier 2
- Lomax Study - Businessman
- Maria O'Brien - Carrier 2's wife
- Louise Lorimer - Fox
- Director(s):
- Robert Aldrich
- Writer(s):
- Christopher Knopf, Joseph Wambaugh
- Producer(s):
- Merv Adelson, Lee Rich
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Not For Children, Profanity, Adult Language, Brief Nudity, Adult Situations)
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