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Echo Park
Can a stripper, a pizza-man and a bodybuilder find happiness in L.A.?
Genres
ComedyDrama
Overview
In the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, everybody is somebody else. May, a single mother who delivers strip-O-grams, dreams of being an actress. She rents one of her rooms out to a pizza-man cum songwriter named Jonathan. Meanwhile, in the next apartment, August, an Austrian bodybuilder, fancies himself the next Arnold Schwarzenegger. As the pressures of everyday life in LA mount, Jonathan and August vie for May's love.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
88 min
Release Date
1985-11-05
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
14
Vote Average
5.214
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
Susan Dey
May
Tom Hulce
Jonathan
Michael Bowen
August
Christopher Walker
Henry
Shirley Jo Finney
Gloria
Heinrich Schweiger
August's Father
Cheech Marin
Syd
John Paragon
Hugo
Cassandra Peterson
Sheri
Timothy Carey
Vinnie
Martin Suppan
Austrian Consul
Robert R. Shafer
Commercial Director
Dorothy Dells
Consulate Secretary
Yana Nirvana
Woman in Bar
Paul Anselmo
Policeman
Jesse Aragon
Policeman
Robert Cabral
Policeman
Peter Drain
Bar Customer
John Pochna
Bar Customer
Dee Cooper
Man in Park
Douglas M. Ford
Biker
Stephen Gaines
Desk Sergeant
Fred Leaf
Burt Reynolds Look-alike
Mary Thompson
Prospective Roommate
Anne Marie Bates
Prospective Roommate
Jason Mayall
Prospective Roommate
Renee LeBallister
Prospective Roommate
Michael Marloe
Partygoer
Jim Smith
Partygoer
Skip O'Brien
Prisoner
Biff Yeager
Jailer
Jackie Easton
Girl in Commercial
Bob Moss
Birthday Boy
Doug Knott
Birthday Man
James Helppi
Guest in Elevator
George W. Scott
Man with Tip
De Schneider
Real Estate Secretary
Patti Tippo
Telegram Stripper
Max Trumpower
Telegram Stripper
Penny Harris
Telegram Stripper
Merrill Ward
Telegram Stripper
Dana Sue Collins
Telegram Stripper
Peter Kent
Arnold Schwarzenegger (uncredited)
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