"She's bet everything, and we mean everything, that she can turn this New York cabbie into an overnight sensation. He has other things in mind. But he's never had a trainer like this one!"

1984

1h 51m

4.8(116 votes)

Comedy

Overview

After a big-time country singer brags that she can turn anybody in to a country-singin' star, she's out to prove she can live up to her talk when she recruits a cab-driver as a country singer. He's scheduled to sing at a big-time NYC country night club and she puts her ample powers to work in preparing her protege.

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81 members

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Sylvester Stallone

Nick

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Dolly Parton

Jake Ferris

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Richard Farnsworth

Noah Ferris

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Ron Leibman

Freddie Ugo

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Tim Thomerson

Barnett Kale

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Steve Peck

Father

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Penny Santon

Mother

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Russell Buchanan

Elgart

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Ritch Brinkley

Luke

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Jerry Potter

Walt

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Jesse Welles

Billie Joe

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Phil Rubenstein

Maurie

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Thomas Ikeda

Japanese Father

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Christal Kim

Japanese Grandmother

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Arline Miyazaki

Japanese Mother

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Tony Munafo

Tony

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Don Hanmer

Sid

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Dean Smith

Cowboy Doorman

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David Cobb

Countryman

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Speck Rhodes

Mr. Polk

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Guy Fitch

Wino

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Stan Yale

Street Player

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Robert Cook

Scarey Man

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Cindy Perlman

Esther Jean

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Crew

Robert Martini

Bartender

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Michael Adams

Bouncer #1

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Don Munson

Bouncer #2

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Bobbie La Salle

Woman #1

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Jordan Myers

Doorman

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Bill Dearth

Doorman

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JuLee Erdahl

Waitress

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Robin D. Adler

Waitress

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Shelley Pogoda

Photographer

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Laura Kingsley

The Snorer

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Rod Ball

Rhinestone Heckler / Bettor

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Troy Evans

Rhinestone Heckler / Bettor

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Tony Compton

Rhinestone Heckler

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Crew

Gary Compton

Rhinestone Heckler

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Dean Wein

Rhinestone Heckler

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Adrienne Hampton

Rhinestone Heckler

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Lonna Montrose

Rhinestone Heckler

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Don Keller

Rhinestone Heckler

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Ross St. Phillip

Rhinestone Heckler

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Jill Gordon

Rhinestone Heckler

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Douglas Buttleman

Rhinestone Heckler

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Leslie Morris

Rhinestone Heckler

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Stan Wells

Rhinestone Heckler

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Chip Heller

Rhinestone Heckler

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Larry Weiss

Rhinestone Heckler

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Sandy Policare

Rhinestone Heckler

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Paul "Mousie" Garner

Rhinestone Heckler

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Joseph Sheppard

Cut N' Slice Heckler

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Dair Morris

Cut N' Slice Heckler

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Gene Norman Wells

Cut N' Slice Heckler

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Sterling Roblee

Cut N' Slice Heckler

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Dean Webber

Cut N' Slice Heckler

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James Silverman

Cut N' Slice Heckler

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Bill Owens

Wild Possums Band

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John Owens

Wild Possums Band

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Lester Owens

Wild Possums Band

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Louis Owens

Wild Possums Band

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Don Warden

Wild Possums Band

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Del Wood

Wild Possums Band

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Mark Anderson

Cut N' Slice Band

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Floyd Parton

Cut N' Slice Band

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Randy Parton

Cut N' Slice Band

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Dale Puckett

Cut N' Slice Band

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Dwight Puckett

Cut N' Slice Band

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Mike Baird

Rhinestone House Band

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John Bidasio

Rhinestone House Band

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Richard Dennison

Rhinestone House Band

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John Goux

Rhinestone House Band

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Joey Scarbury

Rhinestone House Band

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Leland Sklar

Rhinestone House Band

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Cynthia Lea Clark

Hooker (uncredited)

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Paul LeClair

Heckler (uncredited)

Sound

Brian L. McCarty

Rhinestone Club DJ (uncredited)

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Ernesto Molinari

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Randall Rutledge

Hari Krishna (uncredited)

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Frank Slaten

Hillbilly (uncredited)

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Ted Smile

Cowboy (uncredited)

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