Bloodhounds Of Broadway
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Cast
Josef Sommer: Waldo Winchester
Madonna: Hortense Hathaway
Tony Azito: Waiter
Jennifer Grey: Lovey Lou
Tony Longo: Crunch Sweeney
Rutger Hauer: The Brain
Matt Dillon: Regret
Stephen McHattie: Red Henry
Anita Morris: Miss Missouri Martin
Ethan Phillips: Basil Valentine
Alan Ruck: John Wangle
Dinah Manoff: Maud Milligan
David Youse: Busboy
Randy Quaid: Feet Samuels
Julie Hagerty: Harriet MacKyle
Movie synopsis
This film, which incorporates the plots of four Damon Runyon stories, takes place in and around a grand New Year's Eve party in 1928. The guests, many of whose lives intertwine during the evening, include Harriet (Julie Hagerty), the rich society doll throwing the bash; the aptly named Feet Samuels (Randy Quaid), who is about to sell those body parts to a doctor; and Hortense (Madonna), the ballsy, money-hungry showgirl Feet has a crush on. There's also "The Brain" (Rutger Hauer), a mob boss with many girlfriends -- who's walking around with a knife in his stomach; Regret (Matt Dillon), so named for his chronic inability to pick a winning racehorse; and many other colorful characters, all of whom will make this one night to remember. (source: Rotten Tomatoes)
Production info
Directed by: Howard Brookner
Written by: Howard Brookner & Colman deKay
Produced by: Chris Brigham, Howard Brookner, Kevin Dowd, Lindsay Law, Colman deKay
Production company: American Playhouse
Date of filming: Dec. 1987 - '88
Release info
Released as: Bloodhounds Of Broadway
Released in theatres: Nov. 3, 1989 (US)
Released on DVD: May 4, 2004 (US)
Runtime: 93 minutes
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA rating: PG
Box office: $ 44,000
Trivia
Bloodhounds Of Broadway was first supposed to be a TV series, but it was later edited into a movie.
The director Howard Brookner died before the movie was released.
Soundtrack
Original Music by: Jonathan Sheffer
The soundtrack doesn't contain any songs by Madonna. In the movie however, Madonna sings a duet with Jennifer Grey, called I Surrender, Dear.