Barfly
352 reviews
Comedy/Drama
1h 40m
1987
Downtrodden writer Henry and distressed goddess Wanda aren't exactly husband and wife: they're wedded to their bar stools. But, they like each other's company—and Barfly captures their giddy, gin-soaked attempts...
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Downtrodden writer Henry and distressed goddess Wanda aren't exactly husband and wife: they're wedded to their bar stools. But, they like each other's company—and Barfly captures their giddy, gin-soaked attempts to make a go of life on the skids.
- DirectorBarbet Schroeder
- Release2 September 1987
- Genre
- Duration1h 40m
- Budget$3,000,000
- Revenue$3,221,568
- Rate352 reviews
- Productions
Golan-Globus Productions, The Cannon Group, American Zoetrope
Cast

Mickey Rourke
Henry Chinaski

Faye Dunaway
Wanda Wilcox

Alice Krige
Tully Sorenson

Jack Nance
Detective

J.C. Quinn
Jim

Frank Stallone Jr.
Eddie

Sandy Martin
Janice

Roberta Bassin
Lilly

Gloria LeRoy
Grandma Moses

Joe Unger
Ben

Pruitt Taylor Vince
Joe

Ronald G. Joseph
Liquor Store Clerk

Damon Hines
Black Kid

Lahmard J. Tate
Black Kid

Gary Carlos Cervantes
Cop

Vance Colvig
Alcoholic Man

Stacey Pickren
Lady Manager

Leonard Termo
Harry

Fritz Feld
Bum

Albert Henderson
Louie

Charles Bukowski
Bar Patron (uncredited)
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