After young playwright, David Shayne obtains funding for his play from gangster Nick Valenti, Nick's girlfriend Olive miraculously lands the role of a psychiatrist—but not only is she a bimbo who could never pass for a psychiatrist—she's a dreadful actress. David puts up with the leading man who is a compulsive eater, the grand dame who wants her part jazzed up, and Olive's interfering hitman/bodyguard—but, eventually he must decide whether art or life is more important.
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John Cusack as David Shayne
Chazz Palminteri as Cheech
Dianne Wiest as Helen Sinclair
Jennifer Tilly as Olive Neal
Mary-Louise Parker as Ellen
Tracey Ullman as Eden Brent
Jim Broadbent as Warner Purcell
Joe Viterelli as Nick Valenti
Harvey Fierstein as Sid Loomis
Rob Reiner as Sheldon Flender
Jack Warden as Julian Marx
Tony Sirico as Rocco
Victor Colicchio as Waterfront Hood
Louis Eppolito as Waterfront Hood
Gene Canfield as Waterfront Hood
Peter Castellotti as Waterfront Hood
Tony Conforti as Waterfront Hood
John Di Benedetto as Waterfront Hood
John Ventimiglia as Waterfront Hood
Lisa Arturo as Three Deuces Chorus Line
Rachel Black as Three Deuces Chorus Line
Alison Cramer as Three Deuces Chorus Line
Kelly Groninger as Three Deuces Chorus Line
Jennifer Lamberts as Three Deuces Chorus Line
Carol Lee Meadows as Three Deuces Chorus Line
Jo Telford as Three Deuces Chorus Line
Meghan Strange as Three Deuces Chorus Line
Leigh Torlage as Three Deuces Chorus Line
Debra Wiseman as Three Deuces Chorus Line
Paul Herman as Maitre d'
James Reno as Sal
Stacey Nelkin as Rita
Małgorzata Zajączkowska as Lili
Charles Cragin as Rifkin
Gerald E. Dolezar as Cafe Waiter
Nina von Arx as Josette
Shannah Laumeister Stern as Movie Theatre Victim
Fran McGee as Movie Theatre Victim
Annie-Joe Edwards as Venus
Brian McConnachie as Mitch Sabine
Edie Falco as Lorna
Kernan Bell as Speakeasy Waiter
Hope W. Sacharoff as Hilda Marx
Debi Mazar as Vi
Nick Iacovino as Hood
Frank Aquilino as Hood
Sohrab Ardeshir as Helen's Party Guest
Molly Regan as Helen's Party Guest
Phil Stein as Stagehand
John Doumanian as Backstage Well-Wisher
Dayle Haddon as Backstage Well-Wisher
Tony Darrow as Aldo
Howard Erskine as Theater Well-Wisher
Benay Venuta as Theater Well-Wisher
Ken Roberts as Theater Well-Wisher
Jennifer Van Dyck as Olive's Understudy
Peter McRobbie as Man at Theatre
José Alvarez as Waterfront Hood (uncredited)
John Glenn Hoyt as Wiseguy (uncredited)
Jeff Mazzola as Movie Theatre Hitman (uncredited)
Bruce Roberts as Party Guest (uncredited)
Patty Sherman as Night Club Patron (uncredited)
Bebie Waller as Flapper (uncredited)
Rick Washburn as Movie Theatre Hitman (uncredited)
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