
Opening Night
The Show Must Go On…
Actress Myrtle Gordon is a functioning alcoholic who is a few days from the opening night of her latest play, concerning a woman distraught about aging. One night a car kills one of Myrtle's fans who is chasing her limousine in an attempt to get the star's attention. Myrtle internalizes the accident and goes on a spiritual quest, but fails to finds the answers she is after. As opening night inches closer and closer, fragile Myrtle must find a way to make the show go on.
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Cast

Zohra Lampert
Dorothy Victor

John Finnegan
Bobby

John Cassavetes
Maurice Aarons

Ben Gazzara
Manny Victor

Lady Rowlands
Melva Drake

Sherry Bain
Barmaid

Naomi Stevens
Crying Mourner (uncredited)

David Rowlands
Doorman

James Karen
Bellboy

Laura Johnson
Nancy Stein

Katherine Cassavetes
Vivian

Joan Blondell
Sarah Goode

Angelo Grisanti
Charlie Spikes

Eleanor Zee
Sylvia Stein

Peter Falk
Self (uncredited)

Seymour Cassel
Self (uncredited)

Peter Bogdanovich
Self (uncredited)

Gena Rowlands
Myrtle Gordon

Fred Draper
Leo

Patrick Labyorteaux
Child Actor Playing Vito (uncredited)

Paul Stewart
David Samuels