Movie
Barfly
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1987-09-02
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Golan-Globus Productions, The Cannon Group, American Zoetrope
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Mickey Rourke as Henry Chinaski
- Faye Dunaway as Wanda Wilcox
- Alice Krige as Tully Sorenson
- Jack Nance as Detective
- J.C. Quinn as Jim
- Frank Stallone Jr. as Eddie
- Sandy Martin as Janice
- Roberta Bassin as Lilly
- Gloria LeRoy as Grandma Moses
- Joe Unger as Ben
- Harry Cohn as Rick
- Pruitt Taylor Vince as Joe
Crew
- Barbet Schroeder - Director
- Charles Bukowski - Screenplay
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