Comedy Drama Romance
A Russian circus visits the US. A clown wants to defect, but doesn't have the nerve. His saxophone playing friend however comes to the decision to defect in the middle of Bloomingdales. He is befriended by the black security guard and falls in love with the Italian immigrant from behind the perfume counter. We follow his life as he works his way through the American dream and tries to find work as a musician.
Directed by
Paul Mazursky
Written by
Paul Mazursky, Leon Capetanos
Robin Williams
Vladimir Ivanoff
Elya Baskin
Anatoly Cherkasov
María Conchita Alonso
Lucia Lombardo
Lyman Ward
Agent Williams, Justice Dept.
Paul Mazursky
Dave
Rosetta LeNoire
The Judge (as Rosetta Le Noire)
Michael Greene
Texan
Cleavant Derricks
Lionel Witherspoon
Barbara Montgomery
Mrs. Marlowe
Yakov Smirnoff
Lev
Savely Kramarov
Boris, KGB agent
Alejandro Rey
Orlando Ramirez
Christopher Wynkoop
Agent Ross, FBI
Sam Moses
Dr. Reddy
Eyde Byrde
Lionel's Mother
Frederick Strother
Bill
Sal Carollo
Tiger Haynes
Lionel's Grandfather
Aleksandr Benyaminov
Vladimir's Grandfather
Oleg Rudnik
Yuri
Kaity Tong
Kaity Tong
Stephanie Cotsirilos
Veronica Cohen
Lyudmila Kramarevskaya
Vladimir's Mother
Ivo Vrzal-Wiegand
Vladimir's Father
Robert MacBeth
Lionel's Stepfather
Donna Ingram-Young
Leanne Witherspoon
Olga Talyn
Svetlana
Aleksandr Narodetsky
Leonid
Pierre Orcel
Young French Man
Betsy Mazursky
Bloomingdale's Manager
Royce Rich
Bloomingdale's Cop
Joe Lynn
Mean Man on Subway
Thomas Ikeda
Korean Cab Driver
Adalberto Santiago
Latin Band Leader
Sam Stoneburner
Panama Hat
Dana Lorge
Wanda

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