MY FAVOURITE YEAR (1982)

Benjy Stone, junior writer on a popular 1950s TV comedy/variety series, is assigned to keep guest star Alan Swann out of trouble during rehearsals and deliver him sober to the live telecast. Swann’s drunken antics make him a handful, and the show has other problems to contend with, including a mercurial star, a fractious writers room and a notorious gangster, Karl Rojeck, who threatens violence if the star doesn’t stop making fun of him on air.