"An aspiring Jewish actor moves out of his parents' Brooklyn apartment to seek his fortune in the bohemian life of Greenwich Village in 1953."
Lenny Baker
as Larry Lapinsky
Shelley Winters
as Faye Lapinsky
Ellen Greene
as Sarah Roth
Lois Smith
as Anita Cunningham
Christopher Walken
as Robert Fulmer
Dori Brenner
as Connie
Antonio Fargas
as Bernstein Chandler
Lou Jacobi
as Herb
Mike Kellin
as Ben Lapinsky
Michael Egan
as Acting Teacher
Rashel Novikoff
as Mrs. Tupperman
John C. Becher
as Casting Director
Jeff Goldblum
as Clyde Baxter
Joe Spinell
as Cop
Denise Galik
as Ellen
Rochelle Oliver
as Doctor Marsha
Sol Frieder
as Mr. Elkins
Helen Hanft
as Herb's Wife
John Ford Noonan
as Barney
Carole Monferdini
as Southern Girl
Gui Andrisano
as Marco
Joe Madden
as Old Poet
Rubin Levine
as Street Violinist
Milton Frome
as Drugstore Customer (uncredited)
Paul Mazursky
as Casting Director (uncredited)
Bill Murray
as Nick Kessel (uncredited)
Vincent Schiavelli
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Rutanya Alda
Stuart Pankin
Annie Gagen
as Acting Student (uncredited)
Kandice Stroh
Frankie Verroca
Billie Perkins
as Hippie Girl (uncredited)
Filomena Spagnuolo
as Old Lady on Street (uncredited)
Anthony Ray
Producer
William A. Farley
Hairstylist
Robert Jiras
Makeup Artist
Terence A. Donnelly
Unit Production Manager
Production Manager
Assistant Director
Jonathan Sanger
Second Assistant Director
Nancy Hopton
Script Supervisor
Ralph M. Leo
Location Scout
Glenn Farr
Assistant Editor
Peggy Farrell
Wardrobe Master
Max Soloman
Sylvia Fay
Additional Casting
Director
Writer
Bill Conti
Music
Richard Halsey
Editor
Juliet Taylor
Casting
Philip Rosenberg
Production Design
Edward Stewart
Set Decoration
Albert Wolsky
Costume Design
Arthur J. Ornitz
Director of Photography