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For the Boys

BBC One
on BBC One London

Drama starring
Bette Midler
James Caan
For over two decades,
Eddie Sparks and Dixie Leonard had been America's premiere entertainers. The comic couple are about to be honoured on a live TV show when Dixie refuses to attend. As she reveals to the young man sent to fetch her, the public face of her teaming with Eddie masked the pleasure and pain of an intensely pressured relationship. It started when they first met in London in 1942, and dogged their highly successful careers entertaining the troops through three wars.
Director Mark Rydell (1991, 15)
* See Films: pp 48-55 *** ♦The Andrew Duncan Interview with James Caan : page 16
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Contributors

Unknown:
Bette Midler
Unknown:
James Caan
Unknown:
Eddie Sparks
Unknown:
Dixie Leonard
Director:
Mark Rydell
Unknown:
Andrew Duncan
Unknown:
James Caan
Dixie Leonard:
Bette Midler
Eddie Sparks:
James Caan
Art Silver:
George Segal
Shephard:
Patrick O'Neal
Danny:
Christopher Rydell
Jeff Brooks:
Arye Gross
Sam Schiff:
Norman Fell
Luanna Trott:
Rosemary Murphy
Phil:
Bud Yorkin
Loretta:
Dori Brenner
Wally Fields:
Jack Sheldon
Vicki:
Karen Martin
Margaret Sparks:
Shannon Wilcox
General Scott:
Michael Green
Source: Radio Times

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